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Unified Foundations for Essence and Ground

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2015

KIT FINE
KIT FINE*
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITYkit.fine@nyu.edu
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Abstract:

I argue in favor of a distinctive generic form of essence and ground and show how the two notions thereby complement one another as forms of necessary and sufficient condition.

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metaphysicsmetametaphysicsphilosophical logicessencegroundgeneric
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Journal of the American Philosophical Association , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , Summer 2015 , pp. 296 - 311
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Copyright © American Philosophical Association 2015 

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