Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Kurt Vonnegut, E.J. Lowe and John Searle
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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A property is 'emergent' if it is caused by elements of a system, when the elements lack the property [Searle]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 7. Emergent Properties
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Some properties depend on components, others on their relations [Searle]
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Fully 'emergent' properties contradict our whole theory of causation [Searle]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes
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Modes are beings that are related both to substances and to universals [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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Is 'the Thames is broad in London' relational, or adverbial, or segmental? [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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I prefer 'modes' to 'tropes', because it emphasises their dependence [Lowe]
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Trope theory says blueness is a real feature of objects, but not the same as an identical blue found elsewhere [Lowe]
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Maybe a cushion is just a bundle of tropes, such as roundness, blueness and softness [Lowe]
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Tropes seem to be abstract entities, because they can't exist alone, but must come in bundles [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
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Why cannot a trope float off and join another bundle? [Lowe]
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Tropes cannot have clear identity-conditions, so they are not objects [Lowe]
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How can tropes depend on objects for their identity, if objects are just bundles of tropes? [Lowe]
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Does a ball snug in plaster have one trope, or two which coincide? [Lowe]
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Tropes have existence independently of any entities [Lowe]
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