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Ideas of Charlotte Witt, by Text

[American, fl. 1989, Professor at the University of New Hampshire.]

1989	Substance and Essence in Aristotle

Intro

p.1

12066

Aristotelian and Kripkean essentialism are very different theories

Intro

p.2

12067

An Aristotelian essence is a nonlinguistic correlate of the definition

4.3

p.121

12082

If unity is a matter of degree, then essence may also be a matter of degree

4.5

p.134

12085

Reality is directional

5 n1

p.144

12089

Essences mainly explain the existence of unified substance

6.2

p.191

12102

Essential properties of origin are too radically individual for an Aristotelian essence