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Ideas for 'Material Beings', 'works' and 'Intensions Revisited'

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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 / 9. Essence and Properties

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Leibniz's view (that all properties are essential) is extreme essentialism, not its denial [Leibniz, by Mackie,P]

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

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

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Leibniz was not an essentialist [Leibniz, by Wiggins]

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Essences can make sense in a particular context or enquiry, as the most basic predicates [Quine]