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'works', 'Locke on Essences and Kinds' and 'In Defense of Absolute Essentialism'
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
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The unmoved mover and the soul show Aristotelian form as the ultimate mereological atom [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier
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The 'form' is the recipe for building wholes of a particular kind [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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A property is essential iff the object would not exist if it lacked that property [Forbes,G]
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Properties are trivially essential if they are not grounded in a thing's specific nature [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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A relation is essential to two items if it holds in every world where they exist [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
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Trivially essential properties are existence, self-identity, and de dicto necessities [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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A property is 'extraneously essential' if it is had only because of the properties of other objects [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 11. Essence of Artefacts
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One might be essentialist about the original bronze from which a statue was made [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]
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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]
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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]
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