9 ideas
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
14804 | Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce] |
14080 | Are causal descriptions part of the causal theory of reference, or are they just metasemantic? [Kaplan, by Schaffer,J] |
14805 | Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |
14806 | If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce] |
14803 | The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce] |