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Ideas for 'In Defense of Essentialism', 'Posterior Analytics' and 'Grounding: an opinionated introduction'

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

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Deep essentialist objects have intrinsic properties that fix their nature; the shallow version makes it contextual [Paul,LA]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

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Definitions recognise essences, so are not themselves essences [Aristotle]

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

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Deep essentialists say essences constrain how things could change; modal profiles fix natures [Paul,LA]

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

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The predicates of a thing's nature are necessary to it [Aristotle]

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

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Aristotelian essences are properties mentioned at the starting point of a science [Aristotle, by Kung]

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

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Essentialism must deal with charges of arbitrariness, and failure to reduce de re modality [Paul,LA]

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An object's modal properties don't determine its possibilities [Paul,LA]