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Ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'The Logic of What Might Have Been' and 'Structuralism'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

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

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Any property is attached to anything in some possible world, so I am a radical anti-essentialist [Salmon,N]