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'In Defense of Essentialism', 'The Human Body is a sort of Machine' and 'Entity and Identity'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / b. Need for abstracta
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We need a logical use of 'object' as predicate-worthy, and an 'ontological' use [Strawson,P]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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It makes no sense to ask of some individual thing what it is that makes it that individual [Strawson,P]
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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]
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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]
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