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'Clitophon', 'In Defense of Absolute Essentialism' and 'Essence and Potentiality'
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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Real definition fits abstracta, but not individual concrete objects like Socrates [Vetter]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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A property is essential iff the object would not exist if it lacked that property [Forbes,G]
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Properties are trivially essential if they are not grounded in a thing's specific nature [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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A relation is essential to two items if it holds in every world where they exist [Forbes,G]
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Modal accounts make essence less mysterious, by basing them on the clearer necessity [Vetter]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
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Trivially essential properties are existence, self-identity, and de dicto necessities [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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A property is 'extraneously essential' if it is had only because of the properties of other objects [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 11. Essence of Artefacts
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One might be essentialist about the original bronze from which a statue was made [Forbes,G]
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