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All the ideas for 'The Courtier and the Heretic', 'Locke on Essences and Kinds' and 'Ethics without Principles'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value

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The base for values has grounds, catalysts and intensifiers [Dancy,J, by Orsi]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 10. Theocracy

7825	The politics of Leibniz was the reunification of Christianity [Stewart,M]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]