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Full Idea
Properties are causes.
Gist of Idea
Properties are causes
Source
Tim Crane (Elements of Mind [2001], 2.17)
Book Ref
Crane,Tim: 'Elements of Mind' [OUP 2001], p.59
A Reaction
We can't detect properties if they lack causal powers. This may be a deep confusion. Properties are what make causal powers possible, but that isn't what properties are?