Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for N.L. Wilson, Margaret Cavendish and Alan McMichael

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7 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
14637 Only individuals have essences, so numbers (as a higher type based on classes) lack them [McMichael]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
14636 Essences are the interesting necessary properties resulting from a thing's own peculiar nature [McMichael]
14640 Maybe essential properties have to be intrinsic, as well as necessary? [McMichael]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
14638 Essentialism is false, because it implies the existence of necessary singular propositions [McMichael]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind
23221 The brain, and all the mental events within it, consists entirely of sensitive and rational matter [Cavendish]
19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity
6316 We translate in a way that makes the largest possible number of statements true [Wilson,NL]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals
14639 Individuals enter into laws only through their general qualities and relations [McMichael]