Quote by Schaffer, Jonathan
"Being something is prior to being a certain way; essence precedes properties."
"Being something is prior to being a certain way; essence precedes properties."
"The world is fundamentally about objects and their properties, not just relations between them."
"Metaphysics requires us to think carefully about what really exists."
"Objects persist through time in ways that demand philosophical explanation."
"The structure of reality is more complex than our initial intuitions suggest."