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Ideas for 'Deflationary Metaontology of Thomasson', 'Truth and Truthmakers' and 'Essence and Being'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

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No sortal could ever exactly pin down which set of particles count as this 'cup' [Schaffer,J]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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Serious essentialism says everything has essences, they're not things, and they ground necessities [Shalkowski]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

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Essences are what it is to be that (kind of) thing - in fact, they are the thing's identity [Shalkowski]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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We distinguish objects by their attributes, not by their essences [Shalkowski]

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

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Critics say that essences are too mysterious to be known [Shalkowski]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

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When entities contain entities, or overlap with them, there is 'partial' identity [Armstrong]

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

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Identities can be true despite indeterminate reference, if true under all interpretations [Schaffer,J]