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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'On the Pragmatics of Communications' and 'Moral Luck'

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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]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

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To understand language is to know how to use it to reach shared understandings [Habermas]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck

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If all that matters in morality is motive and intention, that makes moral luck irrelevant [Williams,B]

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]