Single Idea 13795

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties]

Full Idea

The very being, the identity, of any property consists at least in part in its contrasting as it does with its own proper contraries.

Gist of Idea

Properties only have identity in the context of their contraries

Source

Crawford L. Elder (Real Natures and Familiar Objects [2004], 2.4)

Book Reference

Elder,Crawford L.: 'Real Natures and Familiar Objects' [MIT 2004], p.35


A Reaction

See Elder for the details of this, but the idea that properties can only be individuated contextually sounds promising.