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Single Idea 5790
[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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Full Idea
An emergent property of a system is causally explained by elements of the system, but it is not a property of the elements, and cannot be explained by a summation of their properties. The behaviour of H2O explains liquidity, but molecules aren't liquid.
Gist of Idea
A property is 'emergent' if it is caused by elements of a system, when the elements lack the property
Source
John Searle (The Mystery of Consciousness [1997], Ch.1)
Book Ref
Searle,John R.: 'The Mystery of Consciousness' [Granta 1997], p.18
A Reaction
The genie is 'emergent' from the lamp, and so (in Searle's meaning) is the lamp's solidity. I agree that the mind is 'emergent' in Searle's very weak sense, if that only means that one neuron can't be conscious, but lots together can.
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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