Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Theophrastus and David Wiggins

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

11861

We can forget about individual or particularized essences [Wiggins]

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

16509

Natural kinds are well suited to be the sortals which fix substances [Wiggins]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

11871

Essences are not explanations, but individuations [Wiggins]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

11879

Essentialism is best represented as a predicate-modifier: □(a exists → a is F) [Wiggins, by Mackie,P]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 11. Essence of Artefacts

16514

Artefacts are individuated by some matter having a certain function [Wiggins]

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

16510

Nominal essences don't fix membership, ignore evolution, and aren't contextual [Wiggins]

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The nominal essence is the idea behind a name used for sorting [Wiggins]