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Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Jonathan Tallant and Michael Devitt
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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 / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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The wisdom of Plato and of Socrates are not the same property [Tallant]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Realism doesn't explain 'a is F' any further by saying it is 'a has F-ness' [Devitt]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals
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The particular/universal distinction is unhelpful clutter; we should accept 'a is F' as basic [Devitt]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta
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Quineans take predication about objects as basic, not reference to properties they may have [Devitt]
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