Combining Philosophers
Ideas for W Wimsatt/W Beardsley, Alan McMichael and Mary Louise Gill
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object
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Aristotelian matter seriously threatens the intrinsic unity and substantiality of its object [Gill,ML]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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Only individuals have essences, so numbers (as a higher type based on classes) lack them [McMichael]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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Essences are the interesting necessary properties resulting from a thing's own peculiar nature [McMichael]
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Maybe essential properties have to be intrinsic, as well as necessary? [McMichael]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Essentialism is false, because it implies the existence of necessary singular propositions [McMichael]
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