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'Topics', 'Nature and Utility of Religion' and 'The Universe as We Find It'
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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
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Most philosophers now (absurdly) believe that relations fully exist [Heil]
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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 2. Internal Relations
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If causal relations are power manifestations, that makes them internal relations [Heil]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
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An individual property has to exist (in past, present or future) [Aristotle]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 2. Need for Properties
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We need properties to explain how the world works [Heil]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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An 'accident' is something which may possibly either belong or not belong to a thing [Aristotle]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
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Categorical properties were introduced by philosophers as actual properties, not if-then properties [Heil]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 7. Emergent Properties
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Emergent properties will need emergent substances to bear them [Heil]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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Predicates only match properties at the level of fundamentals [Heil]
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In Fa, F may not be a property of a, but a determinable, satisfied by some determinate [Heil]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
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Properties have causal roles which sets can't possibly have [Heil]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
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Are all properties powers, or are there also qualities, or do qualities have the powers? [Heil]
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Properties are both qualitative and dispositional - they are powerful qualities [Heil]
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