| 24277 | Snow ceases to be snow if it admits the hot; it is the same if fire admits the cold [Plato] |
| 14049 | We aim to know the natures which are observed in natural phenomena [Epicurus] |
| 12118 | Essences are part of first philosophy, but as part of nature, not part of logic [Bacon] |
| 12550 | If we knew the minute mechanics of hemlock, we could predict that it kills men [Locke] |
| 11854 | If there is some trace of God in things, that would explain their natural force [Leibniz] |
| 11856 | Qualities should be predictable from the nature of the subject [Leibniz] |
| 12994 | Gold has a real essence, unknown to us, which produces its properties [Leibniz] |
| 12808 | Part of our idea of gold is its real essence, which is not known to us in detail [Leibniz] |
| 8931 | The movement of pure essences constitutes the nature of scientific method [Hegel] |
| 9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |
| 12307 | Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi] |
| 11189 | Dispositional essences are special, as if an object loses them they cease to exist [Marcus (Barcan)] |
| 12175 | Galilean science aimed at true essences, as the ultimate explanations [Popper] |
| 11192 | If causes are the essence of diseases, then disease is an example of a relational essence [Putnam, by Williams,NE] |
| 11190 | Archimedes meant by 'gold' the hidden structure or essence of the stuff [Putnam] |
| 6615 | A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus [Ellis] |
| 5459 | Essentialists say dispositions are basic, rather than supervenient on matter and natural laws [Ellis] |
| 5461 | The essence of uranium is its atomic number and its electron shell [Ellis] |
| 13566 | A proton must have its causal role, because without it it wouldn't be a proton [Ellis] |
| 13579 | What is most distinctive of scientific essentialism is regarding processes as natural kinds [Ellis] |
| 13581 | Scientific essentialism is more concerned with explanation than with identity (Locke, not Kripke) [Ellis] |
| 13594 | The ontological fundamentals are dispositions, and also categorical (spatio-temporal and structural) properties [Ellis] |
| 15951 | Alchemists tried to separate out essences, which influenced later chemistry [Alexander,P] |
| 12085 | Reality is directional [Witt] |
| 11959 | Science works when we assume natural kinds have essences - because it is true [Molnar] |
| 9448 | Location in space and time are non-power properties [Molnar, by Mumford] |
| 11930 | One essential property of a muon doesn't entail the others [Molnar] |
| 9215 | Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K] |
| 10411 | Two properties can have one power, and one property can have two powers [Swoyer] |
| 12239 | The real essentialist is not merely a scientist [Oderberg] |
| 15702 | Essentialism doesn't mean we know the essences [Gelman] |
| 15705 | Essentialism encourages us to think about the world scientifically [Gelman] |
| 17479 | The nature of an element must survive chemical change, so it is the nucleus, not the electrons [Hendry] |
| 17485 | Maybe water is the smallest part of it that still counts as water (which is H2O molecules) [Hendry] |
| 17484 | Maybe the nature of water is macroscopic, and not in the microstructure [Hendry] |
| 17396 | The colour of gold is best explained by relativistic effects due to fast-moving inner-shell electrons [Scerri] |
| 16760 | Substantial forms were a step towards scientific essentialism [Pasnau] |
| 16976 | Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko] |