Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Frank Jackson and Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina)
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples
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The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object
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The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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How do we tell a table's being contingently plastic from its being essentially plastic? [Jackson]
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An x is essentially F if it is F in every possible world in which it appears [Jackson]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Quine may have conflated de re and de dicto essentialism, but there is a real epistemological problem [Jackson]
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