Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Nathan Salmon and Scott Soames

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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Kripkean essential properties and relations are necessary, in all genuinely possible worlds [Soames]

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Essentialism says some properties must be possessed, if a thing is to exist [Salmon,N]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Any property is attached to anything in some possible world, so I am a radical anti-essentialist [Salmon,N]