6 ideas
18758 | Validity is provable, but invalidity isn't, because the model is infinite [Church, by McGee] |
14296 | Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine] |
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] |