10 ideas
| 23647 | Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid] |
| 16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
| 11958 | Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar] |
| 21686 | Sense-data are dubious abstractions, with none of the plausibility of tables [Quine] |
| 21685 | Empiricism says evidence rests on the senses, but that insight is derived from science [Quine] |
| 16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
| 23646 | Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid] |
| 23645 | A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid] |
| 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] |