8 ideas
15148 | Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership [Chakravartty] |
12887 | A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim] |
15145 | A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class [Chakravartty] |
15147 | Cluster kinds are explained simply by sharing some properties, not by an 'essence' [Chakravartty] |
15144 | Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them [Chakravartty] |
7810 | The 'Eumenides' of Aeschylus shows blood feuds replaced by law [Aeschylus, by Grayling] |
15146 | Some kinds, such as electrons, have essences, but 'cluster kinds' do not [Chakravartty] |
15151 | Many causal laws do not refer to kinds, but only to properties [Chakravartty] |