Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Novalis, Frank Jackson and Peter van Inwagen
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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Refinement of senses increasingly distinguishes individuals [Novalis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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The essence of a star includes the released binding energy which keeps it from collapse [Inwagen]
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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 / 11. Essence of Artefacts
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The persistence of artifacts always covertly involves intelligent beings [Inwagen]
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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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