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Ideas for 'works', 'Existence,Ontological Commitment and Fictions' and 'A Powerful Particulars View of Causation'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
Properties are said to be categorical qualities or non-qualitative dispositions [Ingthorsson]
     Full Idea: It is said that that properties divide into two mutually exclusive types—non-dispositional qualities (sometimes called 'categorical properties’) vs. non-qualitative dispositions—of which the qualities are more fundamental than dispositions.
     From: R.D. Ingthorsson (A Powerful Particulars View of Causation [2021], 8)
     A reaction: It is standardly understood that the qualitative categorical properties are more fundamental. Fans of powers (such as Ingthorsson and myself) either favour the dispositional properties, or reject the distinction.