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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'De Re and De Dicto' and 'Mere Possibilities'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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'Socrates is essentially human' seems to say nothing could be Socrates if it was not human [Stalnaker]

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

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An object has a property essentially if it couldn't conceivably have lacked it [Plantinga]