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'Centring', 'Aristotle on Essence and Explanation' and 'Material Constitution'
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object
16065
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Constitution is identity (being in the same place), or it isn't (having different possibilities) [Wasserman]
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16067
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Constitution is not identity, because it is an asymmetric dependence relation [Wasserman]
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16069
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There are three main objections to seeing constitution as different from identity [Wasserman]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
16068
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The weight of a wall is not the weight of its parts, since that would involve double-counting [Wasserman]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
11993
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Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
11997
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A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
11992
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Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
16074
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Relative identity may reject transitivity, but that suggests that it isn't about 'identity' [Wasserman]
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