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Ideas for 'The Nature of Things', 'Person and Object' and 'Plato on Parts and Wholes'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties

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Some properties can never be had, like being a round square [Chisholm]

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Some properties, such as 'being a widow', can be seen as 'rooted outside the time they are had' [Chisholm]

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 / 10. Properties as Predicates

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If some dogs are brown, that entails the properties of 'being brown' and 'being canine' [Chisholm]

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

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