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Ideas for 'Substance and Individuation in Leibniz', 'Does Emp.Knowledge have Foundation?' and 'What is the Source of Knowledge of Modal Truths?'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

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Grasping an essence is just grasping a real definition [Lowe]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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Modern essences are sets of essential predicate-functions [Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]

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Modern essentialists express essence as functions from worlds to extensions for predicates [Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

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Explanation can't give an account of essence, because it is too multi-faceted [Lowe]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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If we must know some entity to know an essence, we lack a faculty to do that [Lowe]