10 ideas
16030 | 'Nominal' definitions identify things, but fail to give their essence [Jones,J-E] |
12354 | A 'categorial' property is had by virtue of being or having an item from a category [Wedin] |
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
12358 | Substance is a principle and a kind of cause [Wedin] |
12346 | Form explains why some matter is of a certain kind, and that is explanatory bedrock [Wedin] |
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] |
12303 | Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi] |
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] |