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'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'The Sophist' and 'On What There Is'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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Treating scattered sensations as single objects simplifies our understanding of experience [Quine]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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If we see everything as separate, we can then give no account of it [Plato]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]
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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]
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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]
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