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Ideas for 'Pragmatism - eight lectures', 'Causal Structuralism' and 'Locke on Essences and Kinds'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects

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A 'thing' is simply carved out of reality for human purposes [James]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique

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'Substance' is just a word for groupings and structures in experience [James]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / b. Form as principle

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We can treat the structure/form of the world differently from the nodes/matter of the world [Hawthorne]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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An individual essence is a necessary and sufficient profile for a thing [Hawthorne]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]