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19024 | A determinate property must be a unique instance of the determinable class [Vetter] |
Full Idea: The crucial feature of the determinates / determinables relation is that to possess the determinable property, an object must possess exactly one of the determinate properties. | |
From: Barbara Vetter (Potentiality [2015], 5.7.2) | |
A reaction: This sounds like a determinable being a function, and the determinate being its output. If 'scarlet' is a determinate of the determinables 'red' or 'coloured', it is not obvious that there is only one possible shade of scarlet. This schema oversimplifies. |