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| Essence, philosophy: the essence of an object is understood to mean one or more properties without which the object is inconceivable. Critics argue that such necessary properties can only be attributed to concepts, but not to empirical objects. See also features, essentialism, ultimate justification, properties, metaphysics, concepts, necessity de re, substance._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Pragmatism on Essence - Dictionary of Arguments
Graeser I 18 Nature/pragmatism/Graeser: fpr üragmatism essn ist context-dependent. or context-relative. >Definitions, >Definability, >Contextuality, >Dependence, >Independence, cf. >Absoluteness, >Necessity, >Conceptual Necessity, >Contingency, >Essentialism, >Properties, >Characteristics, >Pragmatism, >Relativism, >Cultural relativism._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Grae I A. Graeser Positionen der Gegenwartsphilosophie. München 2002 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-25