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Ideas for 'works', 'The Disorder of Things' and 'Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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Essences are fictions needed for beings who represent things [Nietzsche]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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Only universals have essence [Plato, by Politis]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

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Plato and Aristotle take essence to make a thing what it is [Plato, by Politis]

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

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Natural kinds don't need essentialism to be explanatory [Dupré]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species

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A species might have its essential genetic mechanism replaced by a new one [Dupré]

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It seems that species lack essential properties, so they can't be natural kinds [Dupré]