Abstract
In this paper we address Fine’s well known objection to the modal approach to\r\nessence. We argue that it is possible to maintain the modal approach in spite of Fine’s counterexamples by developing a theory of qua-objects. In this theory the predicative nexus is explained in a more perspicuous way. The rebuttal of Fine’s counterexamples is achieved by building up a stratified view of essence.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 189-197 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Philosophy
Keywords
- Fine
- Logic of essence
- essence
- qua objects
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