6 ideas
16655 | Different genera are delimited by modes of predication, which rest on modes of being [Aquinas] |
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] |
16557 | Salmon's mechanisms are processes and interactions, involving marks, or conserved quantities [Salmon, by Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |