Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Brian Ellis and Henri Bergson
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
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Kripke and others have made essentialism once again respectable [Ellis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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'Individual essences' fix a particular individual, and 'kind essences' fix the kind it belongs to [Ellis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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Scientific essentialism doesn't really need Kripkean individual essences [Ellis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
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A real essence is a kind's distinctive properties [Ellis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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Essential properties are usually quantitatively determinate [Ellis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
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'Real essence' makes it what it is; 'nominal essence' makes us categorise it a certain way [Ellis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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The old idea that identity depends on essence and behaviour is rejected by the empiricists [Ellis]
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