6 ideas
| 18469 | God might necessitate that something happen, but He is not the truth-maker for it [Smith,B] |
| 15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
| 15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
| 15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
| 3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |