Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Sydney Shoemaker and Brian Ellis

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
13584 The extension of a property is a contingent fact, so cannot be the essence of the property [Ellis]
15092 Formerly I said properties are individuated by essential causal powers and causing instantiation [Shoemaker, by Shoemaker]
15095 A property's causal features are essential, and only they fix its identity [Shoemaker]
15097 I claim that a property has its causal features in all possible worlds [Shoemaker]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
5468 Properties are 'dispositional', or 'categorical' (the latter as 'block' or 'intrinsic' structures) [Ellis, by PG]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
8543 Genuine properties are closely related to genuine changes [Shoemaker]
13587 There is no property of 'fragility', as things are each fragile in a distinctive way [Ellis]
12673 Physical properties are those relevant to how a physical system might act [Ellis]
8551 Properties must be essentially causal if we can know and speak about them [Shoemaker]
8557 To ascertain genuine properties, examine the object directly [Shoemaker]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
13577 Typical 'categorical' properties are spatio-temporal, such as shape [Ellis]
9436 The property of 'being an electron' is not of anything, and only electrons could have it [Ellis]
5469 The passive view of nature says categorical properties are basic, but others say dispositions [Ellis]
12665 I support categorical properties, although most people only want causal powers [Ellis]
12682 Essentialism needs categorical properties (spatiotemporal and numerical relations) and dispositions [Ellis]
12684 Spatial, temporal and numerical relations have causal roles, without being causal [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
15761 We should abandon the idea that properties are the meanings of predicate expressions [Shoemaker]
13582 'Being a methane molecule' is not a property - it is just a predicate [Ellis]
15756 Some truths are not because of a thing's properties, but because of the properties of related things [Shoemaker]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
12672 Properties and relations are discovered, so they can't be mere sets of individuals [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties
5456 Redness is not a property as it is not mind-independent [Ellis]