Humean nomic essentialism

Humeanism – the idea that there are no necessary connections between distinct existences and Nomic Essentialism properties essentially play nomic roles they do two of most important influential positions in metaphysics science. Traditionally, it has been thought these were incompatible competitors. We disagree. argue is an attractive version captures that, for example, mass plays role actually does laws nature. In this paper we consider arguments have lead many to conclude cannot be combined with Essentialism; identify weaknesses arguments; detail a based on variant Best System account key intuitions behind essentialism.