Kripkean essentialism
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Kripkean essentialism is a metaphysical view, inspired by Saul Kripke, that holds objects have necessary, non-contingent properties—such as origin or kind membership—that they possess in every possible world in which they exist.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16169944 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kripkean essentialism Context triple: [counterpart theory, contrastsWith, Kripkean essentialism]
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Ontology, Identity, and Modality
Ontology, Identity, and Modality is a collection of influential essays by philosopher Peter van Inwagen that explores fundamental issues in metaphysics, including existence, identity, and possibility.
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“Essence and Modality”
“Essence and Modality” is a seminal philosophical work by Kit Fine that develops an influential account of metaphysical essence and its relationship to modal notions like necessity and possibility.
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Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis
"Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis" is a philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that examines how reference, naming, and abstract entities arise within our linguistic and conceptual frameworks.
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D.
Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics
Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics is a seminal 1959 work of analytic philosophy that develops a systematic account of our conceptual scheme for thinking about objects, persons, and their identity over time.
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E.
Quine’s ontology
Quine’s ontology is the philosophical framework developed by W.V.O. Quine that determines what kinds of entities exist according to our best scientific theories, famously summarized by the criterion “to be is to be the value of a bound variable.”
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kripkean essentialism Target entity description: Kripkean essentialism is a metaphysical view, inspired by Saul Kripke, that holds objects have necessary, non-contingent properties—such as origin or kind membership—that they possess in every possible world in which they exist.
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A.
Ontology, Identity, and Modality
Ontology, Identity, and Modality is a collection of influential essays by philosopher Peter van Inwagen that explores fundamental issues in metaphysics, including existence, identity, and possibility.
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B.
“Essence and Modality”
“Essence and Modality” is a seminal philosophical work by Kit Fine that develops an influential account of metaphysical essence and its relationship to modal notions like necessity and possibility.
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C.
Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis
"Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis" is a philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that examines how reference, naming, and abstract entities arise within our linguistic and conceptual frameworks.
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D.
Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics
Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics is a seminal 1959 work of analytic philosophy that develops a systematic account of our conceptual scheme for thinking about objects, persons, and their identity over time.
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E.
Quine’s ontology
Quine’s ontology is the philosophical framework developed by W.V.O. Quine that determines what kinds of entities exist according to our best scientific theories, famously summarized by the criterion “to be is to be the value of a bound variable.”
- F. None of above. chosen
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