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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'The Law of Peoples' and 'A Theory of Conditionals'

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7 ideas

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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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In nearby worlds where A is true, 'if A,B' is true or false if B is true or false [Stalnaker]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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A possible world is the ontological analogue of hypothetical beliefs [Stalnaker]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people

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Rawls rejected cosmopolitanism because it doesn't respect the autonomy of 'peoples' [Rawls, by Shorten]

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]