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All the ideas for 'reports', 'Aristotle on Essence and Explanation' and 'Natural Theology'

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11 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
11993 Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
11997 A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
11992 Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity
3016 Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
11995 Some peripheral properties are explained by essential ones, but don't themselves explain properties [Kung]
11996 Some non-essential properties may explain more than essential-but-peripheral ones do [Kung]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
21275 Unlike a stone, the parts of a watch are obviously assembled in order to show the time [Paley]
21276 From the obvious purpose and structure of a watch we must infer that it was designed [Paley]
21277 Even an imperfect machine can exhibit obvious design [Paley]
21278 All the signs of design found in a watch are also found in nature [Paley]
21357 No organ shows purpose more obviously than the eyelid [Paley]