Title: Essence, Potentiality, and Modality<\/p>\n
Abstract: According to essentialism, metaphysical modality is founded in the essences\u00a0of things, where the essence of a thing is roughly akin to its real definition.\u00a0According to potentialism (also known as dispositionalism), metaphysical\u00a0modality is founded in the\u00a0potentialities of things, where a potentiality is\u00a0roughly the generalized notion of a disposition. Essentialism and potentialism have much in common, but little has been said about their relation to\u00a0each other. The aim of my talk is to better understand the\u00a0relations between\u00a0essence and potentiality, on the one hand, and between essentialism and potentialism, on the other. It is argued, first, that essence and potentiality are\u00a0not duals but interestingly linked by a weaker relation dubbed \u2018semi-duality\u2019;\u00a0second, that\u00a0given this weaker relation, essentialism and potentialism are not\u00a0natural allies but rather natural competitors; and third, that the semi-duality\u00a0of essence and potentiality allows the potentialist to respond to an important\u00a0explanatory challenge by using essentialist\u00a0resources without thereby committing to essentialism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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