6 ideas
| 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] |
| 15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |
| 5470 | The idea of laws of nature arose in the Middle Ages [Hall,AR, by Ellis] |
| 14014 | Space alone, and time alone, will fade away, and only their union has an independent reality [Minkowski] |