Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Gareth Evans, Jrgen Habermas and Joan Kung
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects
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If a=b is indeterminate, then a=/=b, and so there cannot be indeterminate identity [Evans, by Thomasson]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
11993
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Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
11997
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A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
11992
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Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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There can't be vague identity; a and b must differ, since a, unlike b, is only vaguely the same as b [Evans, by PG]
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