7 ideas
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
7628 | Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |