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Ideas for 'Protagoras', 'Inessential Aristotle: Powers without Essences' and 'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence'

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects

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Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe]

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

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A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class [Chakravartty]

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

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All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe]

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

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Cluster kinds are explained simply by sharing some properties, not by an 'essence' [Chakravartty]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity

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Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe]