13 ideas
15148 | Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership [Chakravartty] |
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
15145 | A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class [Chakravartty] |
10937 | Essential properties are the 'deepest' ones which explain the others [Copi, by Rami] |
12308 | In modern science, nominal essence is intended to be real essence [Copi] |
15147 | Cluster kinds are explained simply by sharing some properties, not by an 'essence' [Chakravartty] |
12303 | Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi] |
15144 | Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them [Chakravartty] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
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] |
12307 | Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi] |
12310 | Real essences are scientifically knowable, but so are non-essential properties [Copi] |