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Full Idea
In 'feature dependence', the ontologically dependent entity may be thought of as the result of a process of abstraction which takes the 'bearer' as its starting point and arrives at the abstracted entity by blocking out all the irrelevant features.
Gist of Idea
We can abstract to a dependent entity by blocking out features of its bearer
Source
Kathrin Koslicki (Varieties of Ontological Dependence [2012], 7.6)
Book Ref
'Metaphysical Grounding', ed/tr. Correia,F/Schnieder,B [CUP 2012], p.212
A Reaction
She seems unaware that this is traditional abstraction, found in Aristotle, and a commonplace of thought until Frege got his evil hands on abstraction and stole it for other purposes. I'm a fan.