Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Donald Davidson, Jaegwon Kim and Hans-Georg Gadamer
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties
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Extrinsic properties, unlike intrinsics, imply the existence of a separate object [Kim, by Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
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Resemblance or similarity is the core of our concept of a property [Kim]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 7. Emergent Properties
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Is weight a 'resultant' property of water, but transparency an 'emergent' property? [Kim]
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Properties can have causal powers lacked by their constituents [Kim]
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Emergent properties are 'brute facts' (inexplicable), but still cause things [Kim]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
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Treating predicates as sets drops the predicate for a new predicate 'is a member of', which is no help [Davidson]
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