9 ideas
| 15990 | Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke] |
| 16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
| 15994 | If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke] |
| 16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
| 17527 | Causation seems to be an innate concept (or acquired very early) [Bird] |
| 17528 | The dispositional account explains causation, as stimulation and manifestation of dispositions [Bird] |
| 17526 | The counterfactual approach makes no distinction between cause and pre-condition [Bird] |
| 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] |