11378 | How a thing is generated does not explain its essence [Aristotle, by Politis] |
12101 | Aristotle wants definition, not identity, so origin is not essential to him [Aristotle, by Witt] |
12286 | If two things are the same, they must have the same source and origin [Aristotle] |
11867 | If we lose track of origin, how do we show we are maintaining a reference? [Kripke, by Wiggins] |
12018 | Kripke argues, of the Queen, that parents of an organism are essentially so [Kripke, by Forbes,G] |
17046 | Could the actual Queen have been born of different parents? [Kripke] |
8274 | Socrates can't have a necessary origin, because he might have had no 'origin' [Lowe on Kripke] |
12135 | Interrupted objects have two first moments of existence, which could be two beginnings [Brody] |
14070 | A particular statue has sortal persistence conditions, so its origin defines it [Gibbard] |
19280 | I can ask questions which create a context in which origin ceases to be essential [Lewis] |
12102 | Essential properties of origin are too radically individual for an Aristotelian essence [Witt] |
12019 | McGinn falsely claims necessity of origin is a special case of the necessity of identity [Forbes,G on McGinn] |
12020 | An individual might change their sex in a world, but couldn't have differed in sex at origin [Forbes,G] |
11165 | If Socrates lacks necessary existence, then his nature cannot require his parents' existence [Fine,K] |
13101 | Necessity-of-origin won't distinguish ex nihilo creations, or things sharing an origin [Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne] |
15696 | Peope favor historical paths over outward properties when determining what something is [Gelman] |
12872 | The zygote is an essential initial part, for a sexually reproduced organism [Simons] |
19214 | In twinning, one person has the same origin as another person [Merricks] |
11894 | Origin is not a necessity, it is just 'tenacious'; we keep it fixed in counterfactual discussions [Mackie,P] |
19030 | Why does origin matter more than development; why are some features of origin more important? [Vetter] |
19040 | We take origin to be necessary because we see possibilities as branches from actuality [Vetter] |