Essentialism in Aristotle, Kripke and Fine : differences in explanatory purposes

In this dissertation I compare the different forms of essentialism that we find in Aristotle, Saul Kripke and Kit Fine. I argue that there is a clear difference in explanatory purpose between Aristotle's essentialism on the one side and Kripke's and Fine's essentialism on the other, w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sattler, Wolfgang
Other Authors: Broadie, Sarah Jean
Published: University of St Andrews 2017
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.750176