8 ideas
| 15391 | A substance is, roughly, a basic being or subject at the foundation of reality [Robb] |
| 15392 | If an object survives the loss of a part, complex objects can have autonomy over their parts [Robb] |
| 16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
| 16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
| 22745 | Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus] |
| 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] |
| 5883 | Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero] |