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'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'Word and Object' and 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 2: Senses'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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The notion of a physical object is by far the most useful one for science [Quine]
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Physical objects in space-time are just events or processes, no matter how disconnected [Quine]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]
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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 mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Mathematicians must be rational but not two-legged, cyclists the opposite. So a mathematical cyclist? [Quine]
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Cyclist are not actually essentially two-legged [Brody on Quine]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 2. Defining Identity
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We can paraphrase 'x=y' as a sequence of the form 'if Fx then Fy' [Quine]
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