11237 | Only universals have essence [Plato, by Politis] |
12099 | Aristotelian essences are causal, not classificatory [Aristotle, by Witt] |
15036 | An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio] |
11203 | Specific individual essence is defined by material, and generic essence is defined by form [Aquinas] |
22126 | Avicenna and Duns Scotus say essences have independent and prior existence [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
16038 | Locke may distinguish real essence from internal constitution, claiming the latter is knowable [Locke, by Jones,J-E] |
5444 | 'Individual essences' fix a particular individual, and 'kind essences' fix the kind it belongs to [Ellis] |
5450 | For Kripke, essence is origin; for Putnam, essence is properties; for Wiggins, essence is membership of a kind [Kripke, by Mautner] |
14656 | Does Socrates have essential properties, plus a unique essence (or 'haecceity') which entails them? [Plantinga] |
12066 | Aristotelian and Kripkean essentialism are very different theories [Witt] |
11152 | Essences are either taken as real definitions, or as necessary properties [Fine,K] |
14256 | How do we distinguish basic from derived esssences? [Fine,K] |
14258 | Maybe some things have essential relationships as well as essential properties [Fine,K] |
15184 | Causal reference presupposes essentialism if it refers to modally extended entities [Sidelle] |
15681 | Essentialism: real or representational? sortal, causal or ideal? real particulars, or placeholders? [Gelman] |
14190 | Deep essentialist objects have intrinsic properties that fix their nature; the shallow version makes it contextual [Paul,LA] |
17313 | Modern views want essences just to individuate things across worlds and times [Koslicki] |