Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Plotinus, Antony Eagle and Alan Sidelle
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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 / 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 / 13. Nominal Essence
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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]
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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]
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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]
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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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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
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We aren't clear about 'same stuff as this', so a principle of individuation is needed to identify it [Sidelle]
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