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All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'Locke on Essences and Kinds' and 'Papers of 1913'

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6 ideas

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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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Only the actual exists, so possibilities always reduce to actuality after full analysis [Russell]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

7628	Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund]

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]