Combining Philosophers
Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Anthony Quinton and Keith Campbell
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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Maybe we have abundant properties for semantics, and sparse properties for ontology [Hale/Wright]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
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The naturalness of a class depends as much on the observers as on the objects [Quinton]
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Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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A successful predicate guarantees the existence of a property - the way of being it expresses [Hale/Wright]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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Two red cloths are separate instances of redness, because you can dye one of them blue [Campbell,K]
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Red could only recur in a variety of objects if it was many, which makes them particulars [Campbell,K]
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Tropes solve the Companionship Difficulty, since the resemblance is only between abstract particulars [Campbell,K]
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Tropes solve the Imperfect Community problem, as they can only resemble in one respect [Campbell,K]
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Trope theory makes space central to reality, as tropes must have a shape and size [Campbell,K]
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