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'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence', 'The Tarskian Turn' and 'Introduction - Ontology'
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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 / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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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 / 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 / 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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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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'Lightning is electric discharge' and 'Phosphorus is Venus' are synthetic a posteriori identities [Lycan]
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