10 ideas
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
17945 | Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas] |
17946 | Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas] |
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] |
17944 | 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas] |
6649 | Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe] |
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] |