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'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative', 'The Nature of Thought' and 'Properties'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 2. Need for Properties
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Without properties we would be unable to express the laws of nature [Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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Whether we apply 'cold' or 'hot' to an object is quite separate from its change of temperature [Armstrong]
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To the claim that every predicate has a property, start by eliminating failure of application of predicate [Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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Tropes fall into classes, because exact similarity is symmetrical and transitive [Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
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Trope theory needs extra commitments, to symmetry and non-transitivity, unless resemblance is exact [Armstrong]
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