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'Essence and Potentiality', 'Types and Ontology' and 'Essential Attribution'
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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Real definition fits abstracta, but not individual concrete objects like Socrates [Vetter]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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Modal accounts make essence less mysterious, by basing them on the clearer necessity [Vetter]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
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Essentialist sentences are not theorems of modal logic, and can even be false [Marcus (Barcan)]
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'Essentially' won't replace 'necessarily' for vacuous properties like snub-nosed or self-identical [Marcus (Barcan)]
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'Is essentially' has a different meaning from 'is necessarily', as they often cannot be substituted [Marcus (Barcan)]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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If essences are objects with only essential properties, they are elusive in possible worlds [Marcus (Barcan)]
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