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'Contributions of Philosophy (On Appropriation)', 'Cratylus' and 'Essence and Modality'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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Doesn't each thing have an essence, just as it has other qualities? [Plato]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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Essences are either taken as real definitions, or as necessary properties [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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Things don't have every attribute, and essence isn't private, so each thing has an essence [Plato]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Essentially having a property is naturally expressed as 'the property it must have to be what it is' [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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Simple modal essentialism refers to necessary properties of an object [Fine,K]
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Essentialist claims can be formulated more clearly with quantified modal logic [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
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Metaphysical necessity is a special case of essence, not vice versa [Fine,K]
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Essence as necessary properties produces a profusion of essential properties [Fine,K, by Lowe]
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The nature of singleton Socrates has him as a member, but not vice versa [Fine,K]
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It is not part of the essence of Socrates that a huge array of necessary truths should hold [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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An essential property of something must be bound up with what it is to be that thing [Fine,K, by Rami]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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Essential properties are part of an object's 'definition' [Fine,K, by Rami]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Is the being or essence of each thing private to each person? [Plato]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
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If Socrates lacks necessary existence, then his nature cannot require his parents' existence [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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If we made a perfect duplicate of Cratylus, there would be two Cratyluses [Plato]
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