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Single Idea 11378
[filed under theme 9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
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Full Idea
Aristotle thinks that the explanation of how a thing is generated does not contribute to the explanation of why the thing is the very thing it is.
Gist of Idea
How a thing is generated does not explain its essence
Source
report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], ess) by Vassilis Politis - Aristotle and the Metaphysics 7.5
Book Ref
Politis,Vasilis: 'Aristotle and the Metaphysics' [Routledge 2004], p.241
A Reaction
Good for him. The origin of a thing strikes me as an entirely different matter from the intrinsic nature of the thing, and I don't see how the origin of something can be necessary, if it is in any way possible that it originated differently.
The
21 ideas
with the same theme
[origin of an object is part of what is essential to it]:
11378
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How a thing is generated does not explain its essence
[Aristotle, by Politis]
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12101
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Aristotle wants definition, not identity, so origin is not essential to him
[Aristotle, by Witt]
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12286
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If two things are the same, they must have the same source and origin
[Aristotle]
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11867
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If we lose track of origin, how do we show we are maintaining a reference?
[Kripke, by Wiggins]
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12018
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Kripke argues, of the Queen, that parents of an organism are essentially so
[Kripke, by Forbes,G]
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17046
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Could the actual Queen have been born of different parents?
[Kripke]
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8274
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Socrates can't have a necessary origin, because he might have had no 'origin'
[Lowe on Kripke]
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12135
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Interrupted objects have two first moments of existence, which could be two beginnings
[Brody]
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14070
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A particular statue has sortal persistence conditions, so its origin defines it
[Gibbard]
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19280
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I can ask questions which create a context in which origin ceases to be essential
[Lewis]
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12102
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Essential properties of origin are too radically individual for an Aristotelian essence
[Witt]
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12019
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McGinn falsely claims necessity of origin is a special case of the necessity of identity
[Forbes,G on McGinn]
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12020
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An individual might change their sex in a world, but couldn't have differed in sex at origin
[Forbes,G]
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11165
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If Socrates lacks necessary existence, then his nature cannot require his parents' existence
[Fine,K]
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13101
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Necessity-of-origin won't distinguish ex nihilo creations, or things sharing an origin
[Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
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15696
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Peope favor historical paths over outward properties when determining what something is
[Gelman]
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12872
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The zygote is an essential initial part, for a sexually reproduced organism
[Simons]
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19214
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In twinning, one person has the same origin as another person
[Merricks]
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11894
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Origin is not a necessity, it is just 'tenacious'; we keep it fixed in counterfactual discussions
[Mackie,P]
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19030
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Why does origin matter more than development; why are some features of origin more important?
[Vetter]
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19040
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We take origin to be necessary because we see possibilities as branches from actuality
[Vetter]
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