6 ideas
16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
1556 | By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias] |
16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
4001 | The meaning of a word contains all its possible uses as well as its actual ones [Nagel] |
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] |