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Ideas for Agrippa, Thales and DH Mellor / A Oliver

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]
	Full Idea: Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ.
	From: DH Mellor / A Oliver (Introduction to 'Properties' [1997], §1)
	A reaction: Note that this definition does not mention a causal role for properties.

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]
	Full Idea: Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all.
	From: DH Mellor / A Oliver (Introduction to 'Properties' [1997], §3)
	A reaction: Objects might be grasped without language, but events cannot be understood, and explanations of events seem inconceivable without properties (implying that they are essentially causal).