8 ideas
15148 | Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership [Chakravartty] |
15145 | A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class [Chakravartty] |
15147 | Cluster kinds are explained simply by sharing some properties, not by an 'essence' [Chakravartty] |
6215 | 'Contingent' means that the cause is unperceived, not that there is no cause [Hobbes] |
15144 | Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them [Chakravartty] |
21097 | Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume] |
15146 | Some kinds, such as electrons, have essences, but 'cluster kinds' do not [Chakravartty] |
15151 | Many causal laws do not refer to kinds, but only to properties [Chakravartty] |