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Ideas for 'Material Beings', 'Sameness and Substance' and '17: Of Superstition'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

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Natural kinds are well suited to be the sortals which fix substances [Wiggins]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

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The essence of a star includes the released binding energy which keeps it from collapse [Inwagen]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 11. Essence of Artefacts

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Artefacts are individuated by some matter having a certain function [Wiggins]

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The persistence of artifacts always covertly involves intelligent beings [Inwagen]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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Nominal essences don't fix membership, ignore evolution, and aren't contextual [Wiggins]