Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Chrysippus, L.A. Paul and Plato
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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Only universals have essence [Plato, by Politis]
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Deep essentialist objects have intrinsic properties that fix their nature; the shallow version makes it contextual [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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Things don't have every attribute, and essence isn't private, so each thing has an essence [Plato]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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To grasp a thing we need its name, its definition, and what it really is [Plato]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Plato and Aristotle take essence to make a thing what it is [Plato, by Politis]
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Deep essentialists say essences constrain how things could change; modal profiles fix natures [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Is the being or essence of each thing private to each person? [Plato]
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Essentialism must deal with charges of arbitrariness, and failure to reduce de re modality [Paul,LA]
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An object's modal properties don't determine its possibilities [Paul,LA]
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