12 ideas
13795 | Properties only have identity in the context of their contraries [Elder] |
16616 | Substances 'substand' (beneath accidents), or 'subsist' (independently) [Eustachius] |
13798 | Maybe we should give up the statue [Elder] |
16585 | Prime matter is free of all forms, but has the potential for all forms [Eustachius] |
13797 | The loss of an essential property means the end of an existence [Elder] |
13794 | Essential properties by nature occur in clusters or packages [Elder] |
13796 | Essential properties are bound together, and would be lost together [Elder] |
6613 | The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis] |
6616 | Least action is not a causal law, but a 'global law', describing a global essence [Ellis] |
6615 | A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus [Ellis] |
6614 | A hierarchy of natural kinds is elaborate ontology, but needed to explain natural laws [Ellis] |
6612 | Without general principles, we couldn't predict the behaviour of dispositional properties [Ellis] |