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Single Idea 3436
[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
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Full Idea
Arguably, properties must be individuated in terms of their causal powers.
Gist of Idea
Should properties be individuated by their causal powers?
Source
Jaegwon Kim (Philosophy of Mind [1996], p.230)
Book Ref
Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.230
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[relation between powers and our view of properties]:
15780
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Potentiality in geometry is metaphorical
[Aristotle]
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12969
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The active powers which are not essential to the substance are the 'real qualities'
[Leibniz]
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4544
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A thing has no properties if it has no effect on other 'things'
[Nietzsche]
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15479
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Properties endow a ball with qualities, and with powers or dispositions
[Martin,CB]
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15488
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Qualities and dispositions are aspects of properties - what it exhibits, and what it does
[Martin,CB]
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18400
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Properties are not powers - they just have powers
[Armstrong]
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23781
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Categoricals exist to influence powers. Such as structures, orientations and magnitudes
[Ellis, by Williams,NE]
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5481
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Properties have powers; they aren't just ways for logicians to classify objects
[Ellis]
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12678
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Shoemaker says all genuine properties are dispositional
[Shoemaker, by Ellis]
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8545
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A causal theory of properties focuses on change, not (say) on abstract properties of numbers
[Shoemaker]
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15757
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'Square', 'round' and 'made of copper' show that not all properties are dispositional
[Shoemaker]
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15759
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The identity of a property concerns its causal powers
[Shoemaker]
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15760
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Properties are clusters of conditional powers
[Shoemaker]
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15762
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Could properties change without the powers changing, or powers change without the properties changing?
[Shoemaker]
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8552
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If properties are separated from causal powers, this invites total elimination
[Shoemaker]
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4040
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The notions of property and of causal power are parts of a single system of related concepts
[Shoemaker]
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15765
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Actually, properties are individuated by causes as well as effects
[Shoemaker]
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14534
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Shoemaker moved from properties as powers to properties bestowing powers
[Shoemaker, by Mumford/Anjum]
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3436
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Should properties be individuated by their causal powers?
[Kim]
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4079
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Properties are causes
[Crane]
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18523
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Are all properties powers, or are there also qualities, or do qualities have the powers?
[Heil]
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18524
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Properties are both qualitative and dispositional - they are powerful qualities
[Heil]
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14313
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All properties must be causal powers (since they wouldn't exist otherwise)
[Mumford]
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14318
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Intrinsic properties are just causal powers, and identifying a property as causal is then analytic
[Mumford]
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15123
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Is the causal profile of a property its essence?
[Hawthorne]
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15122
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Could two different properties have the same causal profile?
[Hawthorne]
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15124
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If properties are more than their powers, we could have two properties with the same power
[Hawthorne]
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23776
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Rather than pure powers or pure categoricals, I favour basics which are both at once
[Williams,NE]
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23777
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Powers are more complicated than properties which are always on display
[Williams,NE]
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