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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

8944	Vagueness can involve components (like baldness), or not (like boredom) [Fisher]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

15184

Causal reference presupposes essentialism if it refers to modally extended entities [Sidelle]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary

15172

Clearly, essential predications express necessary properties [Sidelle]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

15181

Being a deepest explanatory feature is an actual, not a modal property [Sidelle]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

15173

That the essence of water is its microstructure is a convention, not a discovery [Sidelle]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

15185

We aren't clear about 'same stuff as this', so a principle of individuation is needed to identify it [Sidelle]