10 ideas
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
10937 | Essential properties are the 'deepest' ones which explain the others [Copi, by Rami] |
12308 | In modern science, nominal essence is intended to be real essence [Copi] |
12303 | Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi] |
14802 | Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce] |
7667 | There are two sides to men - the pleasantly social, and the violent and creative [Diderot, by Berlin] |
14800 | The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce] |
12307 | Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi] |
12310 | Real essences are scientifically knowable, but so are non-essential properties [Copi] |
14801 | Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce] |