6 ideas
| 15549 | If it were true that nothing at all existed, would that have a truthmaker? [Lewis] |
| 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] |
| 12468 | A state of affairs is only possible if there has been an actual substance to initiate it [Pruss] |
| 15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |