Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Theodore Sider and Noam Chomsky

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties

14978

A property is intrinsic if an object alone in the world can instantiate it [Sider]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

14194

Proper ontology should only use categorical (actual) properties, not hypothetical ones [Sider]

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 / 10. Properties as Predicates

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

14995

Predicates can be 'sparse' if there is a universal, or if there is a natural property or relation [Sider]