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All the ideas for 'Good and Evil', 'Rearrangement of Particles' and 'Locke on Essences and Kinds'

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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

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You can't deny temporary intrinsic properties by saying the properties are relations (to times) [Lewis]

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 / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

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'Good' is an attributive adjective like 'large', not predicative like 'red' [Geach, by Foot]

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]