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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'The Apology' and 'The Structure of Science'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
3425 Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim]
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]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
1655 If goodness needs true opinion but not knowledge, you can skip the 'examined life' [Vlastos on Plato]
26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
15641 Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]