7 ideas
13127 | Categories can't overlap; they are either disjoint, or inclusive [Sommers, by Westerhoff] |
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] |
20991 | People prepare our dinner from their own self-interest, not from humanity [Smith,A] |
20680 | Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |