Ideas from 'Essence, Necessity and Explanation' by Kathrin Koslicki [2012], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics' (ed/tr Tahko,Tuomas) [CUP 2012,]].

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition

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A successful Aristotelian 'definition' is what sciences produces after an investigation

2. Reason / D. Definition / 6. Definition by Essence

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Essences cause necessary features, and definitions describe those necessary features

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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An essence and what merely follow from it are distinct

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Individuals are perceived, but demonstration and definition require universals

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary

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If an object exists, then its essential properties are necessary

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 2. Demonstration

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In demonstration, the explanatory order must mirror the causal order of the phenomena

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In a demonstration the middle term explains, by being part of the definition

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Greek uses the same word for 'cause' and 'explanation'

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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Discovering the Aristotelian essence of thunder will tell us why thunder occurs