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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

10317	It is unclear whether Frege included qualities among his abstract objects [Frege, by Hale]
	Full Idea: Expositors of Frege's views have disagreed over whether abstract qualities are to be reckoned among his objects.
	From: report of Gottlob Frege (On Concept and Object [1892]) by Bob Hale - Abstract Objects Ch.2.II
	A reaction: [he cites Dummett 1973:70-80, and Wright 1983:25-8] There seems to be a danger here of a collision between Fregean verbal approaches to ontological commitment and the traditional views about universals. No wonder they can't decide.