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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology

3348	If phenomenology is deprived of the synthetic a priori, it is reduced to literature [Benardete,JA on Husserl]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality

21628

To say reality itself is vague is not properly intelligible [Dummett]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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]

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]