9 ideas
22820 | Early Romantics sought a plurality of systems, in a quest for freedom [Hösle] |
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
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] |
14280 | The probability of two events is the first probability times the second probability assuming the first [Bayes] |
22819 | In the 18th century history came to be seen as progressive, rather than cyclical [Hösle] |
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] |