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Ideas for 'The Nature of Things', 'The Ultimate Constituents of Matter' and 'The Structure of Objects'

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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 3. Structural Relations

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Structures have positions, constituent types and number, and some invariable parts [Koslicki]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties

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The naturalness of a class depends as much on the observers as on the objects [Quinton]

9407	Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

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'Categorical' properties exist in the actual world, and 'hypothetical' properties in other worlds [Koslicki]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals

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Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton]