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All the ideas for 'The Intrinsic Quality of Experience', 'Habermas' and 'Locke on Essences and Kinds'

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8 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

8130	Qualities of experience are just representational aspects of experience ('Representationalism') [Harman, by Burge]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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We don't condemn people for being bad at reasoning [Finlayson]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

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One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation [Finlayson]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

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The 'culture industry' is an advertisement for the way things are [Finlayson]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]