Combining Philosophers
Ideas for La Mettrie, Alan Sidelle and Mark Steiner
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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Causal reference presupposes essentialism if it refers to modally extended entities [Sidelle]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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Particular essence is often captured by generality [Steiner,M]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
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Clearly, essential predications express necessary properties [Sidelle]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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Being a deepest explanatory feature is an actual, not a modal property [Sidelle]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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That the essence of water is its microstructure is a convention, not a discovery [Sidelle]
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