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Essentialism: the view that objects have some of their properties necessarily. See also essence, necessity de re, necessity, contingency, properties, actualism, possible worlds._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
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Chisholm, Roderick | Essentialism | Chisholm | |
Cresswell, Maxwell J. | Essentialism | Cresswell | |
Kripke, Saul A. | Essentialism | Kripke | |
Lewis, David K. | Essentialism | Lewis | |
Peacocke, Christopher | Essentialism | Peacocke | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Essentialism | Quine | |
Rorty, Richard | Essentialism | Rorty | |
Simons, Peter M. | Essentialism | Simons | |
Stalnaker, Robert | Essentialism | Stalnaker | |
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