12 ideas
13795 | Properties only have identity in the context of their contraries [Elder] |
15148 | Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership [Chakravartty] |
13798 | Maybe we should give up the statue [Elder] |
15145 | A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class [Chakravartty] |
13797 | The loss of an essential property means the end of an existence [Elder] |
13794 | Essential properties by nature occur in clusters or packages [Elder] |
13796 | Essential properties are bound together, and would be lost together [Elder] |
15147 | Cluster kinds are explained simply by sharing some properties, not by an 'essence' [Chakravartty] |
15144 | Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them [Chakravartty] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
15146 | Some kinds, such as electrons, have essences, but 'cluster kinds' do not [Chakravartty] |
15151 | Many causal laws do not refer to kinds, but only to properties [Chakravartty] |