8 ideas
23025 | Philosophers should be more inductive, and test results by their conclusions, not their self-evidence [Russell] |
16659 | Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi] |
16673 | Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi] |
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] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |
16663 | Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi] |