7 ideas
15990 | Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke] |
17368 | Essentialism concerns the nature of a group, not its category [Devitt] |
17370 | Things that gradually change, like species, can still have essences [Devitt] |
15994 | If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke] |
19436 | Bare or primary matter is passive; it is clothed or secondary matter which contains action [Leibniz] |
17369 | We name species as small to share properties, but large enough to yield generalisations [Devitt] |
17367 | Species are phenetic, biological, niche, or phylogenetic-cladistic [Devitt, by PG] |