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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Mental Files' and 'Letters to Wolff'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

13191	The properties of a thing flow from its essence [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: It is the same to look for perfection in an essence and in the properties that flow from an essence.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Wolff [1715], 1715.05.18)
	A reaction: It is helpful to have Leibniz spelling out his commitment to the traditional view of essence, as that from which the more evident properties flow.

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

16360	Identity statements are informative if they link separate mental files [Recanati]
	Full Idea: An identity statement 'A=B' is informative to the extent that the terms 'A' and 'B' are associated with distinct mental files.
	From: François Recanati (Mental Files [2012], 4.1)
	A reaction: Hence the information in 'Scott is the author of 'Waverley'' is information about what is in your mind, not what is happening in Scotland. This is Recanati's solution to one of Frege's classic puzzles. 'Morning Star' and 'Evening Star' files. Nice.