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'The Fixation of Belief', 'Against Structural Universals' and 'In Defense of Absolute Essentialism'
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object
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The 'magical' view of structural universals says they are atoms, even though they have parts [Lewis]
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15449
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If 'methane' is an atomic structural universal, it has nothing to connect it to its carbon universals [Lewis]
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The 'pictorial' view of structural universals says they are wholes made of universals as parts [Lewis]
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The structural universal 'methane' needs the universal 'hydrogen' four times over [Lewis]
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Butane and Isobutane have the same atoms, but different structures [Lewis]
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Structural universals have a necessary connection to the universals forming its parts [Lewis]
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We can't get rid of structural universals if there are no simple universals [Lewis]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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Composition is not just making new things from old; there are too many counterexamples [Lewis]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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A whole is distinct from its parts, but is not a further addition in ontology [Lewis]
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Different things (a toy house and toy car) can be made of the same parts at different times [Lewis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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A property is essential iff the object would not exist if it lacked that property [Forbes,G]
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Properties are trivially essential if they are not grounded in a thing's specific nature [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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A relation is essential to two items if it holds in every world where they exist [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
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Trivially essential properties are existence, self-identity, and de dicto necessities [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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A property is 'extraneously essential' if it is had only because of the properties of other objects [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 11. Essence of Artefacts
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One might be essentialist about the original bronze from which a statue was made [Forbes,G]
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