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All the ideas for 'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence', 'On Aristotle's 'Metaphysics'' and 'Spheres of Justice'

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Metaphysics aims to identify categories of being, and show their interdependency [Lowe]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

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Philosophy aims not at the 'analysis of concepts', but at understanding the essences of things [Lowe]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism

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Different genera are delimited by modes of predication, which rest on modes of being [Aquinas]

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 / 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 / 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]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 4. Original Position / b. Veil of ignorance

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You can't distribute goods from behind a veil, because their social meaning is unclear [Walzer, by Tuckness/Wolf]

25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 2. Political equality

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Complex equality restricts equalities from spilling over, like money influencing politics and law [Walzer, by Tuckness/Wolf]

25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality

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Equality is complex, with different spheres of equality where different principles apply [Walzer, by Swift]