Essence and Modality¶
Fine, K. (1994). Essence and Modality: The Second Philosophical Perspectives Lecture. Philosophical Perspectives, 1-16.
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- Essentialism
- … biological species concepts (largely anti-essentialist: phylogenetic species, biological species, genetic species, ecological species — each avoid essentialist grounding , though some contemporary philosophers defend selective essentialism ); Fine's Essence and Modality framework grounding modal metaphysics in essence
This sourceArgues essence is not reducible to modality and that metaphysical necessities hold in virtue of the essences of things — supports the 'grounding modal metaphysics in essence' claim.
- … biological species concepts (largely anti-essentialist: phylogenetic species, biological species, genetic species, ecological species — each avoid essentialist grounding , though some contemporary philosophers defend selective essentialism ); Fine's Essence and Modality framework grounding modal metaphysics in essence
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