6 ideas
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
3061 | Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius] |
20948 | Human cultures are organisms which grow, and then fade and die [Spengler, by Bowie] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |