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Single Idea 12264
[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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Full Idea
An 'accident' [sumbebekos] is something which may possibly either belong or not belong to any one and the self-same thing, such as 'sitting posture' or 'whiteness'. This is the best definition, because it tells us the essential meaning of the term itself.
Gist of Idea
An 'accident' is something which may possibly either belong or not belong to a thing
Source
Aristotle (Topics [c.331 BCE], 102b07)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Posterior Analytics and Topica', ed/tr. Tredennick,H/Forster,ES [Harvard 1960], p.285
A Reaction
Thus a car could be red, or not red. Accidents are contingent. It does not follow that necessary properties are essential (see Idea 12262). There are accidents [sumbebekos], propria [idion] and essences [to ti en einai].
Related Idea
Idea 12262
An 'idion' belongs uniquely to a thing, but is not part of its essence [Aristotle]
The
17 ideas
with the same theme
[how properties might be divided into different groups]:
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12264
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An 'accident' is something which may possibly either belong or not belong to a thing
[Aristotle]
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17170
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An 'attribute' is what the intellect takes as constituting an essence
[Spinoza]
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18378
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Length is a 'determinable' property, and one mile is one its 'determinates'
[Armstrong]
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18379
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The determinates of a determinable must be incompatible with each other
[Armstrong]
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5468
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Properties are 'dispositional', or 'categorical' (the latter as 'block' or 'intrinsic' structures)
[Ellis, by PG]
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5790
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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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12229
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Maybe we have abundant properties for semantics, and sparse properties for ontology
[Hale/Wright]
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10720
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We have four options, depending whether particulars and properties are sui generis or constructions
[Oliver]
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12354
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A 'categorial' property is had by virtue of being or having an item from a category
[Wedin]
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14333
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Dispositions and categorical properties are two modes of presentation of the same thing
[Mumford]
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14978
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A property is intrinsic if an object alone in the world can instantiate it
[Sider]
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14413
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Some properties seem to be primitive, but others can be analysed
[Merricks]
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9502
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There might be just one fundamental natural property
[Bird]
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18924
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Being polka-dotted is a 'spatial distribution' property
[Cameron]
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16732
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17th C qualities are either microphysical, or phenomenal, or powers
[Pasnau]
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19024
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A determinate property must be a unique instance of the determinable class
[Vetter]
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22631
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Properties are said to be categorical qualities or non-qualitative dispositions
[Ingthorsson]
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