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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'Physiologia' and 'Meaning and Necessity'

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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

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The quantity is just the matter, in that it has extended parts and is diffuse [Charleton]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics

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The intension of a sentence is the set of all possible worlds in which it is true [Carnap, by Kaplan]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]