10 ideas
15148 | Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership [Chakravartty] |
15145 | A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class [Chakravartty] |
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] |
20761 | If existence is absurd it can never have a meaning [Beauvoir] |
20746 | One is not born, but rather becomes a woman [Beauvoir] |
22745 | Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus] |
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] |
5883 | Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero] |