Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Bertrand Russell and Epicurus
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes
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The perceived accidental properties of bodies cannot be conceived of as independent natures [Epicurus]
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Accidental properties give a body its nature, but are not themselves bodies or parts of bodies [Epicurus]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
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Russell refuted Frege's principle that there is a set for each property [Russell, by Sorensen]
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When we attribute a common quality to a group, we can forget the quality and just talk of the group [Russell]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties
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Russell can't attribute existence to properties [McGinn on Russell]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
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Trope theorists cannot explain how tropes resemble each other [Russell, by Mumford]
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