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Ideas for Michael Burke, Alcmaeon and Robert Pasnau

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

16732

17th C qualities are either microphysical, or phenomenal, or powers [Pasnau]

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

16733

17th century authors only recognised categorical properties, never dispositions [Pasnau]

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

16662

The biggest question for scholastics is whether properties are real, or modes of substances [Pasnau]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

16767

There is no centralised power, but we still need essence for a metaphysical understanding [Pasnau]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions

16788

Instead of adding Aristotelian forms to physical stuff, one could add dispositions [Pasnau]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers

16738

Scholastics reject dispositions, because they are not actual, as forms require [Pasnau]