Häggqvist and Wikforss (2018) argued that in the case of so-called natural kind terms, semantic externalism relies on an untenable metaphysics of kinds: microessentialism. They further claimed that this metaphysics fails, for largely empirical reasons. Focussing on the case of water, Hoefer and Martí European Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 9, (2019) rejoin that suitably construed, microessentialism is correct. I argue that their defence of microessentialism fails.

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不，水（仍然）没有微观结构本质（对 Hoefer & Martí 的回复）

Häggqvist 和 Wikforss (2018) 认为，在所谓的自然类术语的情况下，语义外在主义依赖于一种站不住脚的类形而上学：微观本质主义。他们进一步声称，这种形而上学的失败主要是出于经验原因。Hoefer 和 Martí European Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 9 , (2019) 关注水的案例，重新加入适当解释的微观本质主义是正确的。我认为他们对微观本质主义的辩护失败了。