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Single Idea 15484

[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 9. Qualities ]

Full Idea

I take properties to have a dual nature; in virtue of possessing a property, an object possesses both a particular dispositionality and a particular qualitative character.

Gist of Idea

A property is a combination of a disposition and a quality

Source

C.B. Martin (The Mind in Nature [2008], 04.6)

Book Ref

Martin,C.B.: 'The Mind in Nature' [OUP 2008], p.44

A Reaction

That leaves you with the question of the relationship between the disposition and the quality. I say you must choose, and I choose the disposition. Qualities (which are partly subjective, obviously) arise from fundamental dispositions.

The 4 ideas with the same theme [perceived aspects of properties]:

16739 Four species of quality: states, capacities, affects, and forms [Aristotle, by Pasnau]
16705 Whiteness isn't created in an alteration, because it is just this-being-white [Oresme]
15484 A property is a combination of a disposition and a quality [Martin,CB]
7007 I think of properties as simultaneously dispositional and qualitative [Heil]