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'Dthat', 'The Philosophy of Nature: new essentialism' and 'The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory'
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
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Kripke and others have made essentialism once again respectable [Ellis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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'Individual essences' fix a particular individual, and 'kind essences' fix the kind it belongs to [Ellis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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Essential properties are usually quantitatively determinate [Ellis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
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'Real essence' makes it what it is; 'nominal essence' makes us categorise it a certain way [Ellis]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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One thing can look like something else, without being the something else [Ellis]
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