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'Deflationary Metaontology of Thomasson', 'Possible Worlds and Necessary A Posteriori' and 'Theory Change and the Indeterminacy of Reference'
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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]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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How do we tell a table's being contingently plastic from its being essentially plastic? [Jackson]
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An x is essentially F if it is F in every possible world in which it appears [Jackson]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Quine may have conflated de re and de dicto essentialism, but there is a real epistemological problem [Jackson]
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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]
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