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'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Can there be Vague Objects?' and 'The Disorder of Things'
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects
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If a=b is indeterminate, then a=/=b, and so there cannot be indeterminate identity [Evans, by Thomasson]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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Natural kinds don't need essentialism to be explanatory [Dupré]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species
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It seems that species lack essential properties, so they can't be natural kinds [Dupré]
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A species might have its essential genetic mechanism replaced by a new one [Dupré]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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There can't be vague identity; a and b must differ, since a, unlike b, is only vaguely the same as b [Evans, by PG]
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