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'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence', 'Essence and Modality' and 'Letters to Bouvet'
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
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Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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Essences are either taken as real definitions, or as necessary properties [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Essentially having a property is naturally expressed as 'the property it must have to be what it is' [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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Simple modal essentialism refers to necessary properties of an object [Fine,K]
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Essentialist claims can be formulated more clearly with quantified modal logic [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
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Metaphysical necessity is a special case of essence, not vice versa [Fine,K]
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Essence as necessary properties produces a profusion of essential properties [Fine,K, by Lowe]
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The nature of singleton Socrates has him as a member, but not vice versa [Fine,K]
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It is not part of the essence of Socrates that a huge array of necessary truths should hold [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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An essential property of something must be bound up with what it is to be that thing [Fine,K, by Rami]
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All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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Essential properties are part of an object's 'definition' [Fine,K, by Rami]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
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If Socrates lacks necessary existence, then his nature cannot require his parents' existence [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity
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Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe]
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