9 ideas
11193 | Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna] |
11209 | The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna] |
11204 | The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna] |
15036 | An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
3914 | Language arranges sensory experience to form a world-order [Whorf] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |