7 ideas
| 16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
| 21686 | Sense-data are dubious abstractions, with none of the plausibility of tables [Quine] |
| 21685 | Empiricism says evidence rests on the senses, but that insight is derived from science [Quine] |
| 16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
| 19399 | Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz] |
| 16976 | Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko] |
| 16977 | If essence is modal and laws are necessary, essentialist knowledge is found by scientists [Tahko] |