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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 / 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 / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
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We get the idea of power from our own actions, and the interaction of external bodies [Locke]
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Power is active or passive, and has a relation to actions [Locke]
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We can only know a thing's powers when we have combined it with many things [Locke]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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The essence of whiteness in a man is nothing but the power to produce the idea of whiteness [Locke]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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What is the texture - the real essence - which makes substances behave in distinct ways? [Locke]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
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Locke explains powers, but effectively eliminates them with his talk of internal structure [Locke, by Alexander,P]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Locke, Berkeley and Hume did no serious thinking about universals [Robinson,H on Locke]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
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Socrates did not consider universals or definitions as having separate existence, but Plato made Forms of them [Socrates, by Aristotle]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals
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All things that exist are particulars [Locke]
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Universals do not exist, but are useful inventions of the mind, involving words or ideas [Locke]
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