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Full Idea
Modes are real beings that stand in non-contingent formal ontological relations both to individual substances and to immanent universals.
Gist of Idea
Modes are beings that are related both to substances and to universals
Source
E.J. Lowe (An essentialist approach to Truth-making [2009], p.212)
Book Ref
'Truth and Truth-Making', ed/tr. Lowe,E.J./Rami,A. [Acumen 2009], p.212
A Reaction
Not sure I understand this, but I pass it on. 'Modes' seem to invite the Razor, if we already have substances and universals. I am no clear about 'instantiation' because I now have the word 'mode' to play with.
| 18351 | Propositions are made true, in virtue of something which explains its truth [Lowe] |
| 18352 | Tropes have existence independently of any entities [Lowe] |
| 18353 | Modes are beings that are related both to substances and to universals [Lowe] |