Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Hilary Putnam and Nathan Salmon

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

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Putnam bases essences on 'same kind', but same kinds may not share properties [Mackie,P on Putnam]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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Essentialism says some properties must be possessed, if a thing is to exist [Salmon,N]

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

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Putnam smuggles essentialism about liquids into his proof that water must be H2O [Salmon,N on Putnam]

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Any property is attached to anything in some possible world, so I am a radical anti-essentialist [Salmon,N]