Essence, Essence, and Essence
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https://doi.org/10.12697/spe.2014.7.2.05Keywords:
essence, necessity, temporal essence, Aristotelian essentialismAbstract
I argue that three different notions of essence—temporal, definitional, and modal—are all distinct notions, and are all philosophically useful. After defining the different notions, I discuss the philosophical problems each addresses.
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