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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Contingent Identity' and 'Categories'

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

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A primary substance reveals a 'this', which is an individual unit [Aristotle]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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Essentialism is the existence of a definite answer as to whether an entity fulfils a condition [Gibbard]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

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Primary substances are ontological in 'Categories', and explanatory in 'Metaphysics' [Aristotle, by Wedin]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Essentialism for concreta is false, since they can come apart under two concepts [Gibbard]