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Ideas for 'In Defense of Essentialism', 'On the Algebra of Logic' and 'Category Mistakes'

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

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'Substance theorists' take modal properties as primitive, without structure, just falling under a sortal [Paul,LA]

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If an object's sort determines its properties, we need to ask what determines its sort [Paul,LA]

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Substance essentialism says an object is multiple, as falling under various different sortals [Paul,LA]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

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We can explain the statue/clay problem by a category mistake with a false premise [Magidor]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts

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Absolutely unrestricted qualitative composition would allow things with incompatible properties [Paul,LA]

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 / 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 / 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]