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All the ideas for 'works', 'Locke on Essences and Kinds' and 'Posthumous notes'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

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De Morgan introduced a 'universe of discourse', to replace Boole's universe of 'all things' [De Morgan, by Walicki]

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]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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Transcendental philosophy is the subject becoming the originator of unified reality [Kant]

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]