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34 ideas
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
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Aristotelian essence underlies behaviour, or underlies definition, or is the source of existence [Aristotle, by Aquinas]
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Aristotelian essence is retained with identity through change, and bases our scientific knowledge [Aristotle, by Copi]
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11294
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Aristotle says changing, material things (and not just universals) have an essence [Aristotle, by Politis]
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11298
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Are essences actually universals? [Aristotle, by Politis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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12099
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Aristotelian essences are causal, not classificatory [Aristotle, by Witt]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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The essence of a single thing is the essence of a particular [Aristotle]
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Particulars are not definable, because they fluctuate [Aristotle]
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Individual essences are not universals, since those can't be substances, or cause them [Aristotle, by Witt]
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Essence is the cause of individual substance, and creates its unity [Aristotle, by Witt]
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Aristotelian essence is not universal properties, but individual essence [Aristotle, by Witt]
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Aristotle does not accept individual essences; essential properties are always general [Aristotle, by Kung]
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Aristotle's essence explains the existence of an individual substance, not its properties [Aristotle, by Witt]
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Aristotle takes essence and form as a particular, not (as some claim) as a universal, the species [Aristotle, by Politis]
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To be a subject a thing must be specifiable, with some essential properties [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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Essence is what is stated in the definition [Aristotle, by Politis]
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If definition is of universals, many individuals have no definition, and hence no essence [Aristotle, by Witt]
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Things have an essence if their explanation is a definition [Aristotle]
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A thing's essence is what is mentioned in its definition [Aristotle, by Lawson-Tancred]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
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The Aristotelian view is that the essential properties are those that sort an object [Aristotle, by Marcus (Barcan)]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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A thing's essence is its intrinsic nature [Aristotle]
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An essence causes both its own unity and its kind [Aristotle]
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Having an essence is the criterion of being a substance [Aristotle, by Lawson-Tancred]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
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Aristotle doesn't see essential truths or essential properties as necessary [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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Metaphysics is the science of ultimate explanation, or of pure existence, or of primary existence [Aristotle, by Politis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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It is absurd that a this and a substance should be composed of a quality [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species
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Generalities like man and horse are not substances, but universal composites of account and matter [Aristotle]
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Genera are not substances, and do not exist apart from the ingredient species [Aristotle]
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'Categories' answers 'what?' with species, genus, differerentia; 'Met.' Z.17 seeks causal essence [Aristotle, by Wedin]
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Standardly, Aristotelian essences are taken to be universals of the species [Aristotle, by Witt]
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In 'Met.' he says genera can't be substances or qualities, so aren't in the ontology [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 11. Essence of Artefacts
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Things are more unified if the unity comes from their own nature, not from external force [Aristotle]
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The hallmark of an artefact is that its active source of maintenance is external [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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Aristotle claims that the individual is epistemologically prior to the universal [Aristotle, by Witt]
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Actual knowledge is of the individual, and potential knowledge of the universal [Aristotle, by Witt]
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