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Ideas for 'reports', 'De Re and De Dicto' and 'Outline of a Theory of Truth'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

14647	Surely self-identity is essential to Socrates? [Plantinga]
	Full Idea: If anything is essential to Socrates, surely self-identity is.
	From: Alvin Plantinga (De Re and De Dicto [1969], p.37)
	A reaction: This is the modern move of Plantinga and Adams, to make 'is identical with Socrates' the one property which assures the identity of Socrates (his 'haecceity'). My view is that self-identity is not a property. Plantinga wonders about that on p.44.

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

14646	An object has a property essentially if it couldn't conceivably have lacked it [Plantinga]
	Full Idea: An object has a property essentially just in case it couldn't conceivably have lacked that property.
	From: Alvin Plantinga (De Re and De Dicto [1969], p.35)
	A reaction: Making it depend on what we can conceive seems a bit dubious, for someone committed to real essences. The key issue is how narrowly or broadly you interpret the word 'property'. The word 'object' needs a bit of thought, too!