Examines the laws of nature.

In "The Philosophy of Nature," Brian Ellis provides a clear and forthright general summation of, and introduction to, the new essentialist position. Although th

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This text synthesizes 15 years of empirical research on essentialism into a coherent framework, examining children's thinking and ways in which language influen

Real Essentialism presents a comprehensive defence of neo-Aristotelian essentialism. Do objects have essences? Must they be the kinds of things they are in spit