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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'fragments/reports' and 'The Foundations of Mathematics (2nd ed)'

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 4. Formal Relations / b. Equivalence relation

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An 'equivalence' relation is one which is reflexive, symmetric and transitive [Kunen]

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]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5880	Xenocrates held that the soul had no form or substance, but was number [Xenocrates, by Cicero]

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]