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Ideas for 'In Defense of Essentialism', 'The Nature of Mental States' and 'Locke on Essences and Kinds'

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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 / 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 / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

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]