6 ideas
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] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |
10370 | Causal relata are individuated by coarse spacetime regions [Quine, by Schaffer,J] |
16709 | Some people return to scholastic mysterious qualities, disguising them as 'forces' [Leibniz] |