Is L.A. Paul’s Essentialism Really Deeper than Lewis’s?
L.A. Paul calls “deep” the kind of essentialism according to which the essential properties of objects are determined independently of the context. Deep essentialism opposes “shallow essentialism”, of which David Lewis is said to be a prominent advocate. Paul argues that standard forms of deep essen...
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University of Rijeka. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2024-01-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Analytic Philosophy |
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| Online Access: | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/455384 |