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'On Being (frags)', 'The Metaphysics of Scientific Realism' and 'Anti-essentialism'
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object
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Categorical properties depend only on the structures they represent [Ellis]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum
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For the bare particular view, properties must be features, not just groups of objects [Stalnaker]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
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A real essence is a kind's distinctive properties [Ellis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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An essential property is one had in all the possible worlds where a thing exists [Stalnaker]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
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Necessarily self-identical, or being what it is, or its world-indexed properties, aren't essential [Stalnaker]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Bare particular anti-essentialism makes no sense within modal logic semantics [Stalnaker]
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