7 ideas
16541 | All the intrinsic properties of a thing should be deducible from its definition [Spinoza] |
16705 | Whiteness isn't created in an alteration, because it is just this-being-white [Oresme] |
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] |
13073 | To understand the properties we must know the essence, as with a circle [Spinoza] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |