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The Modal View of Essence by Sam Cowling is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Modal View of Essence about?
According to the modal view, essence admits of reductive analysis in exclusively modal terms. Fine (1994) argues that modal view delivers an inadequate analysis of essence. This paper defends the modal view from Fine's challenge. This defense proceeds by examining the disagreement between Finean primitivists and Quinean eliminativists about essence. In order to model this disagreement, a distinction between essence and a separable concept, nature, is required. This distinction is then used to show that Fine's challenge is misdirected and therefore unsuccessful.
Who reads The Modal View of Essence?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Arts and Humanities.
- Author
- Sam Cowling
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)