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Ideas for 'After Finitude', 'Causality and Properties' and 'Inessential Aristotle: Powers without Essences'

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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 / 15. Against Essentialism

8555	There is no subset of properties which guarantee a thing's identity [Shoemaker]

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