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    It is not the case that An individual essence should not be conceived as constructed from an individual identity property.

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    • 1.Haecceities, as defended by Plantinga, are primitive thisness properties that are ontologically prior to, not dependent on, their bearers.
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    • 2.A property being 'of' an individual does not entail that the property requires the individual's existence in order to exist or be instantiated.
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    • 3.If haecceities can exist uninstantiated, an essence constructed from an identity property can ground propositions about non-existents without vicious dependence.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Fine's essentialist framework permits individual essences to be constitutively tied to an object's identity without collapsing into mere existential dependency.
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    • 2.The supporting argument conflates ontological dependence with logical or constitutive grounding, which are distinct relations in the literature on essence.
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    • 1.An individual identity property is dependent on the individual that instantiates it.
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    • 2.If an individual essence were constructed from an individual identity property, the essence would be dependent on the individual, which undermines its role in grounding propositions about possibly non-existent individuals.
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