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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'Anti-Semite and Jew' and 'Between Facts and Norms'

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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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

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Actions norms are only valid if everyone possibly affected is involved in the discourse [Habermas]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self

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Authenticity is taking responsibility for a situation, with all its risks and emotions [Sartre]

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]