11 ideas
19400 | Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz] |
19401 | God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz] |
15148 | Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership [Chakravartty] |
16620 | A chair is wood, and its shape is the form; it isn't 'compounded' of the matter and form [Hobbes] |
15145 | A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class [Chakravartty] |
16622 | Essence is just an artificial word from logic, giving a way of thinking about substances [Hobbes] |
15147 | Cluster kinds are explained simply by sharing some properties, not by an 'essence' [Chakravartty] |
19402 | The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz] |
15144 | Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them [Chakravartty] |
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] |