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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis
22334 Analysis must include definitions, search for simples, concept analysis, and Kant's analysis [Glock]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
13804 A property is essential iff the object would not exist if it lacked that property [Forbes,G]
13805 Properties are trivially essential if they are not grounded in a thing's specific nature [Forbes,G]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
13808 A relation is essential to two items if it holds in every world where they exist [Forbes,G]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
13806 Trivially essential properties are existence, self-identity, and de dicto necessities [Forbes,G]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
13807 A property is 'extraneously essential' if it is had only because of the properties of other objects [Forbes,G]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 11. Essence of Artefacts
13809 One might be essentialist about the original bronze from which a statue was made [Forbes,G]
10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts
13810 The source of de dicto necessity is not concepts, but the actual properties of the thing [Forbes,G]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
22332 German and British idealism is not about individual ideas, but the intelligibility of reality [Glock]
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism
604 Knowledge is mind and knowing 'cohabiting' [Lycophron, by Aristotle]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / h. Family resemblance
22336 We might say that the family resemblance is just a consequence of meaning-as-use [Glock]
22335 The variety of uses of 'game' may be that it has several meanings, and isn't a single concept [Glock]