7 ideas
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
20959 | Concepts are only analytic once the predicate is absorbed into the subject [Schleiermacher] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |