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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'Letters to Lelong' and 'works'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory

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Skolem did not believe in the existence of uncountable sets [Skolem]

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

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

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

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

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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Force in substance makes state follow state, and ensures the very existence of substance [Leibniz]