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Single Idea 10956
[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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Full Idea
Suppose we only ever saw bronze circles - would that make the bronze a formal part of the circle?
Gist of Idea
If we only saw bronze circles, would bronze be part of the concept of a circle?
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1036b01)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.207
A Reaction
This is Aristotle spotting the problem of coextensionality (the renate/cordate problem) 2300 years ago. Don't underestimate those Greeks.
The
30 ideas
with the same theme
[properties as purely linguistic concepts]:
10956
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If we only saw bronze circles, would bronze be part of the concept of a circle?
[Aristotle]
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10317
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It is unclear whether Frege included qualities among his abstract objects
[Frege, by Hale]
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4028
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Frege allows either too few properties (as extensions) or too many (as predicates)
[Mellor/Oliver on Frege]
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8534
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Quine says the predicate of a true statement has no ontological implications
[Quine, by Armstrong]
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15804
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If some dogs are brown, that entails the properties of 'being brown' and 'being canine'
[Chisholm]
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8780
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Attributes are functions, not objects; this distinguishes 'square of 2' from 'double of 2'
[Geach]
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4034
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Whether we apply 'cold' or 'hot' to an object is quite separate from its change of temperature
[Armstrong]
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8535
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To the claim that every predicate has a property, start by eliminating failure of application of predicate
[Armstrong]
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13582
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'Being a methane molecule' is not a property - it is just a predicate
[Ellis]
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15756
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Some truths are not because of a thing's properties, but because of the properties of related things
[Shoemaker]
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15761
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We should abandon the idea that properties are the meanings of predicate expressions
[Shoemaker]
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8564
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There is obviously a possible predicate for every property
[Mellor]
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16471
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I accept a hierarchy of properties of properties of properties
[Stalnaker]
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15563
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Properties are very abundant (unlike universals), and are used for semantics and higher-order variables
[Lewis]
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15739
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There is the property of belonging to a set, so abundant properties are as numerous as the sets
[Lewis]
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18433
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There are far more properties than any brain could ever encodify
[Lewis]
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8604
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We need properties as semantic values for linguistic expressions
[Lewis]
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7014
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A particle and a coin heads-or-tails pick out to perfectly well-defined predicates and properties
[Fodor]
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18443
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A successful predicate guarantees the existence of a property - the way of being it expresses
[Hale/Wright]
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10714
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The expressions with properties as their meanings are predicates and abstract singular terms
[Oliver]
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10715
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There are five main semantic theories for properties
[Oliver]
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7015
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A predicate applies truly if it picks out a real property of objects
[Heil]
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4587
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From the property predicates P and Q, we can get 'P or Q', but it doesn't have to designate another property
[Heil]
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18533
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In Fa, F may not be a property of a, but a determinable, satisfied by some determinate
[Heil]
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18540
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Predicates only match properties at the level of fundamentals
[Heil]
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13638
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Properties are often seen as intensional; equiangular and equilateral are different, despite identity of objects
[Shapiro]
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8273
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Is 'the Thames is broad in London' relational, or adverbial, or segmental?
[Lowe]
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14995
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Predicates can be 'sparse' if there is a universal, or if there is a natural property or relation
[Sider]
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9503
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To name an abundant property is either a Fregean concept, or a simple predicate
[Bird]
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18432
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Quineans say that predication is primitive and inexplicable
[Edwards]
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