Single Idea 14257

[catalogued under 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence]

Full Idea

The objects upon which a given object depends, according to the present account, are those which must figure in any of the logically equivalent definitions of the object. They will, in a sense, be ineliminable.

Gist of Idea

An object depends on another if the second cannot be eliminated from the first's definition

Source

Kit Fine (Ontological Dependence [1995], II)

Book Reference

-: 'Aristotelian Society' [], p.279


A Reaction

This is Fine's main proposal for the dependency relationship, with a context of Aristotelian essences understood as definitions. Sounds pretty good to me.