8 ideas
8616 | How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? [Elgin] |
8617 | Statements that are consistent, cotenable and supportive are roughly true [Elgin] |
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] |
8618 | Coherence is a justification if truth is its best explanation (not skill in creating fiction) [Elgin] |
16764 | The soul conserves the body, as we see by its dissolution when the soul leaves [Toletus] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |