Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Henry of Ghent, Jerry A. Fodor and Douglas Edwards

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 2. Need for Properties

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We accept properties because of type/tokens, reference, and quantification [Edwards]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 7. Emergent Properties

2469	The world is full of messy small things producing stable large-scale properties (e.g. mountains) [Fodor]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes

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Accidents are diminished beings, because they are dispositions of substance (unqualified being) [Henry of Ghent]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

7014	A particle and a coin heads-or-tails pick out to perfectly well-defined predicates and properties [Fodor]

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Quineans say that predication is primitive and inexplicable [Edwards]