6 ideas
15035 | If universals are not separate, we can isolate them by abstraction [Boethius, by Panaccio] |
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] |
8417 | Direct realism is false, because defeasibility questions are essential to perceptual knowledge [Galloway] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |