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'The Nature of Things', 'Against Structural Universals' and 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties
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If you think universals are immanent, you must believe them to be sparse, and not every related predicate [Lewis]
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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]
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Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton]
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I assume there could be natural properties that are not instantiated in our world [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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Tropes are particular properties, which cannot recur, but can be exact duplicates [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals
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Universals are meant to give an account of resemblance [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
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Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism
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We can add a primitive natural/unnatural distinction to class nominalism [Lewis]
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