10 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] |
19440 | How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya] |
15144 | Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them [Chakravartty] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
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] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |