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'On Body and Force, Against the Cartesians', 'Identity and Essence' and 'works'
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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Only universals have essence [Plato, by Politis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
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A sortal essence is a property which once possessed always possessed [Brody, by Mackie,P]
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Maybe essential properties are those which determine a natural kind? [Brody]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Plato and Aristotle take essence to make a thing what it is [Plato, by Politis]
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De re essentialism standardly says all possible objects identical with a have a's essential properties [Brody]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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Essentially, a has P, always had P, must have had P, and has never had a future without P [Brody]
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An object having a property essentially is equivalent to its having it necessarily [Brody]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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Essentialism is justified if the essential properties of things explain their other properties [Brody]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 12. Essential Parts
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Mereological essentialism says that every part that ensures the existence is essential [Brody]
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