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Ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'Ontology' and 'The Actual and the Possible'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects

7685	An object is a predication subject, distinguished by a distinctive combination of properties [Jacquette]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

7699	Numbers, sets and propositions are abstract particulars; properties, qualities and relations are universals [Jacquette]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

15645

Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

15642

If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

15643

Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]