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Ideas for 'Aristotle on Essence and Explanation', 'Identity over Time' and 'Chapters on Scepticism'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

11993

Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung]

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

11997

A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung]

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

11992

Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time

16025

If things change they become different - but then no one thing undergoes the change! [Gallois]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism

16026

4D: time is space-like; a thing is its history; past and future are real; or things extend in time [Gallois]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

16027

If two things are equal, each side involves a necessity, so the equality is necessary [Gallois]