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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
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Peirce and others began the mapping out of relations [Peirce, by Hart,WD]
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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 4. Formal Relations / a. Types of relation
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Nothing is genuinely related to itself [Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
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All instances of some property are strictly identical [Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
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Armstrong holds that all basic properties are categorical [Armstrong, by Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
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If classes can't be eliminated, and they are property combinations, then properties (universals) can't be either [Jacquette]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
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Peirce's later realism about possibilities and generalities went beyond logical positivism [Peirce, by Atkin]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
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Actualism means that ontology cannot contain what is merely physically possible [Armstrong]
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Dispositions exist, but their truth-makers are actual or categorical properties [Armstrong]
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If everything is powers there is a vicious regress, as powers are defined by more powers [Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Universals are just the repeatable features of a world [Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals
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Realist regularity theories of laws need universals, to pick out the same phenomena [Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 3. Instantiated Universals
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Past, present and future must be equally real if universals are instantiated [Armstrong]
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Universals are abstractions from their particular instances [Armstrong, by Lewis]
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Universals are abstractions from states of affairs [Armstrong]
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