Essence Without Fundamentality

Theoria : An International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science 30 (3):349-363 (2015)
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I argue for a conception of essence that does not rely on distinctions of metaphysical fundamentality.

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10.1387/theoria.14472

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Agustin Rayo
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Writing the Book of the World.Theodore Sider - 2011 - Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
On what grounds what.Jonathan Schaffer - 2009 - In Ryan Wasserman, David Manley & David Chalmers (eds.), Metametaphysics: New Essays on the Foundations of Ontology. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. pp. 347-383.
Essence and modality.Kit Fine - 1994 - Philosophical Perspectives 8 (Logic and Language):1-16.
The question of realism.Kit Fine - 2001 - Philosophers' Imprint 1:1-30.

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