6 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] |
3447 | All theory is against free will, and all experience is in favour of it [Johnson,S] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |
9425 | Lewis later proposed the axioms at the intersection of the best theories (which may be few) [Mumford on Lewis] |