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Ideas for 'The Nature of Things', 'Extrinsic Properties' and 'The Powers Metaphysics'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties
14979 Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider]
15454 Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
15728 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 / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
23780 Every possible state of affairs is written into its originating powers [Williams,NE]
23789 Naming powers is unwise, because that it usually done by a single manifestation [Williams,NE]
23775 Powers are 'multi-track' if they can produce a variety of manifestations [Williams,NE]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
23771 Fundamental physics describes everything in terms of powers [Williams,NE]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
23776 Rather than pure powers or pure categoricals, I favour basics which are both at once [Williams,NE]
23777 Powers are more complicated than properties which are always on display [Williams,NE]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
23774 There are basic powers, which underlie dispositions, potentialities, capacities etc [Williams,NE]
23791 Dispositions are just useful descriptions, which are explained by underlying powers [Williams,NE]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
15729 Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton]