8 ideas
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] |
13965 | Semantics as theory of meaning and semantics as truth-based logical consequence are very different [Soames] |
13964 | Semantic content is a proposition made of sentence constituents (not some set of circumstances) [Soames] |
541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |
542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |