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Ideas of Joan Kung, by Text
[American, fl. 1977, At Marquette University]
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1977
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Aristotle on Essence and Explanation
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Intro
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p.361
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11992
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Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it
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II
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p.364
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11993
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Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential
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II
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p.366
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11996
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Some non-essential properties may explain more than essential-but-peripheral ones do
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II
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p.366
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11995
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Some peripheral properties are explained by essential ones, but don't themselves explain properties
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III
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p.367
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11997
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A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another
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