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All the ideas for 'Aristotle on Essence and Explanation', 'The Second Sex' and 'Rawls and Feminism'

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7 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
11993 Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
11997 A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
11992 Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
11995 Some peripheral properties are explained by essential ones, but don't themselves explain properties [Kung]
11996 Some non-essential properties may explain more than essential-but-peripheral ones do [Kung]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 12. Feminism
20746 One is not born, but rather becomes a woman [Beauvoir]
21125 Liberals must respect family freedom - but families are the great oppressors of women [Nussbaum]