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Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Pierre Duhem and Sydney Shoemaker
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
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Formerly I said properties are individuated by essential causal powers and causing instantiation [Shoemaker, by Shoemaker]
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A property's causal features are essential, and only they fix its identity [Shoemaker]
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I claim that a property has its causal features in all possible worlds [Shoemaker]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
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Genuine properties are closely related to genuine changes [Shoemaker]
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Properties must be essentially causal if we can know and speak about them [Shoemaker]
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To ascertain genuine properties, examine the object directly [Shoemaker]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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We should abandon the idea that properties are the meanings of predicate expressions [Shoemaker]
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Some truths are not because of a thing's properties, but because of the properties of related things [Shoemaker]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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Things have powers in virtue of (which are entailed by) their properties [Shoemaker]
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One power can come from different properties; a thing's powers come from its properties [Shoemaker]
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Properties are functions producing powers, and powers are functions producing effects [Shoemaker]
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I now deny that properties are cluster of powers, and take causal properties as basic [Shoemaker]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
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Shoemaker says all genuine properties are dispositional [Shoemaker, by Ellis]
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A causal theory of properties focuses on change, not (say) on abstract properties of numbers [Shoemaker]
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'Square', 'round' and 'made of copper' show that not all properties are dispositional [Shoemaker]
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The identity of a property concerns its causal powers [Shoemaker]
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Properties are clusters of conditional powers [Shoemaker]
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Could properties change without the powers changing, or powers change without the properties changing? [Shoemaker]
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If properties are separated from causal powers, this invites total elimination [Shoemaker]
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The notions of property and of causal power are parts of a single system of related concepts [Shoemaker]
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Actually, properties are individuated by causes as well as effects [Shoemaker]
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Shoemaker moved from properties as powers to properties bestowing powers [Shoemaker, by Mumford/Anjum]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
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Dispositional predicates ascribe powers, and the rest ascribe properties [Shoemaker]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals
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Universals concern how things are, and how they could be [Shoemaker, by Bird]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism
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Triangular and trilateral are coextensive, but different concepts; but powers and properties are the same [Shoemaker]
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