How things might have been individuals, kinds, and essential properties

Penelope Mackie looks at an issue central to much current work in metaphysics: the distinction between the essential and accidental properties of individuals. She challenges widely held views and arrives at what she calls a minimalist essentialism

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Main Author: Mackie, Penelope
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 2006, 2006
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