8 ideas
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] |
20746 | One is not born, but rather becomes a woman [Beauvoir] |
4054 | I may exist before I become a person, just as I exist before I become an adult [Lockwood] |
4056 | If the soul is held to leave the body at brain-death, it should arrive at the time of brain-creation [Lockwood] |
4055 | It isn't obviously wicked to destroy a potential human being (e.g. an ununited egg and sperm) [Lockwood] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |