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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'Substance and Essence in Aristotle' and 'reports'

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11 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

12066

Aristotelian and Kripkean essentialism are very different theories [Witt]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

12067

An Aristotelian essence is a nonlinguistic correlate of the definition [Witt]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

12082

If unity is a matter of degree, then essence may also be a matter of degree [Witt]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

12089

Essences mainly explain the existence of unified substance [Witt]

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

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]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential

12102

Essential properties of origin are too radically individual for an Aristotelian essence [Witt]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule

7350	The Torah just says: do not do to your neighbour what is hateful to you [Hillel the Elder]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

15641

Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

12085

Reality is directional [Witt]