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[from 'Particulars in Particular Clothing' by Peter Simons, in 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes ]

Full Idea

Simons's 'nuclear' option blends features of the substratum and bundle theories. First we have tropes collected by virtue of their internal relations, forming the essential kernel or nucleus. This nucleus then bears the non-essential tropes.

Gist of Idea

Internal relations combine some tropes into a nucleus, which bears the non-essential tropes

Source

report of Peter Simons (Particulars in Particular Clothing [1994], p.567) by Douglas Edwards - Properties 3.5

Book Reference

Edwards,Douglas: 'Properties' [Polity 2014], p.60


A Reaction

[compression of Edwards's summary] This strikes me as being a remarkably good theory. I am not sure of the ontological status of properties, such that they can (unaided) combine to make part of an object. What binds the non-essentials?