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All the ideas for 'Leibniz', 'Letters to Fardella' and 'Locke on Essences and Kinds'

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

12708

The soul is not a substance but a substantial form, the first active faculty [Leibniz]

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

15645

Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

15642

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

15643

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

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects

7566	The Identity of Indiscernibles is really the same as the verification principle [Jolley]

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]