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Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Trenton Merricks and Alasdair MacIntyre

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties

14413	Some properties seem to be primitive, but others can be analysed [Merricks]
	Full Idea: Some properties (perhaps negative charge, or the relation of identity) admit of no analysis, and so are primitive. But others are analysable, and so not primitive
	From: Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 7.I)

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

6145	Intrinsic properties are those an object still has even if only that object exists [Merricks]
	Full Idea: Intrinsic properties are, by and large, those properties that an object can exemplify even if that object and its parts (if any) are the only objects that exist.
	From: Trenton Merricks (Objects and Persons [2003], §4.I)
	A reaction: This leads to all sorts of properties that seemed intrinsic turning out to be relational. In what sense would a single object have mass, or impenetrability?