Ideas of Scott Shalkowski, by Theme

[British, fl. 1994, Lecturer at the University of Leeds.]

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

14221

Serious essentialism says everything has essences, they're not things, and they ground necessities

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

14222

Essences are what it is to be that (kind of) thing - in fact, they are the thing's identity

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

14226

We distinguish objects by their attributes, not by their essences

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

14225

Critics say that essences are too mysterious to be known

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

14223

De dicto necessity has linguistic entities as their source, so it is a type of de re necessity

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds

9220	Lewis must specify that all possibilities are in his worlds, making the whole thing circular [Sider]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 7. Extensional Semantics

14224

Equilateral and equiangular aren't the same, as we have to prove their connection