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| Essence, philosophy: the essence of an object is understood to mean one or more properties without which the object is inconceivable. Critics argue that such necessary properties can only be attributed to concepts, but not to empirical objects. See also features, essentialism, ultimate justification, properties, metaphysics, concepts, necessity de re, substance._____________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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| Armstrong, David M. | Essence | Armstrong, David M. | |
| Cresswell, Maxwell J. | Essence | Cresswell, Maxwell J. | |
| Dennett, Daniel | Essence | Dennett, Daniel | |
| Hobbes, Thomas | Essence | Hobbes, Thomas | |
| Husserl, Edmund | Essence | Husserl, Edmund | |
| Kripke, Saul A. | Essence | Kripke, Saul A. | |
| Kuhn, Thomas S. | Essence | Kuhn, Thomas S. | |
| Lewis, David K. | Essence | Lewis, David K. | |
| Locke, John | Essence | Locke, John | |
| Pragmatism | Essence | Pragmatism | |
| Searle, John R. | Essence | Searle, John R. | |
| Simons, Peter M. | Essence | Simons, Peter M. | |
| Wiggins, David | Essence | Wiggins, David | |
| Wittgenstein, Ludwig | Essence | Wittgenstein, Ludwig | |
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