Combining Philosophers
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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