7 ideas
16676 | Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham] |
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] |
7006 | Observing irrelevant items supports both 'all x are y' and 'all x are non-y', revealing its absurdity [Schofield,J] |
16675 | Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |