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| Essentialism - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| 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, Roderick | |
| Cresswell, Maxwell J. | Essentialism | Cresswell, Maxwell J. | |
| Kripke, Saul A. | Essentialism | Kripke, Saul A. | |
| Lewis, David K. | Essentialism | Lewis, David K. | |
| Peacocke, Christopher | Essentialism | Peacocke, Christopher | |
| Quine, W.V.O. | Essentialism | Quine, Willard Van Orman | |
| Rorty, Richard | Essentialism | Rorty, Richard | |
| Simons, Peter M. | Essentialism | Simons, Peter M. | |
| Stalnaker, Robert | Essentialism | Stalnaker, Robert | |
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