Essence Without Fundamentality

In Modality and Explanatory Reasoning, Boris Kment argues that a single notion of essence can be used to play two distinct theoretical roles. He thinks there is an important connec- tion between essence and metaphysical necessity, on the one hand, and between essence and metaphysical explanation, on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rayo Fierro, Agustin
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format: Article
Published: UPV/EHU Press 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116202
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