9 ideas
16678 | Without magnitude a thing would retain its parts, but they would have no location [Buridan] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
16793 | A thing is (less properly) the same over time if each part is succeeded by another [Buridan] |
16577 | Induction is not demonstration, because not all of the instances can be observed [Buridan] |
16576 | Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets [Buridan] |
21137 | Rawls rejected cosmopolitanism because it doesn't respect the autonomy of 'peoples' [Rawls, by Shorten] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |