Essential Properties are Super-Explanatory: Taming Metaphysical Modality
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Godman, Marion
Mallozzi, Antonella
Papineau, David
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This paper aims to build a bridge between two areas of philosophical research, the structure of kinds and metaphysical modality. Our central thesis is that kinds typically involve super-explanatory properties, and that these properties lie behind all substantial cases of metaphysical necessity.
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Journal of the American Philosophical Association
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2053-4485
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Cambridge University Press
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