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'The Architecture of Theories', 'On the Ultimate Origination of Things' and 'The Metaphysics of Properties'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
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There are four conditions defining the relations between particulars and properties [Oliver]
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10721
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If properties are sui generis, are they abstract or concrete? [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 2. Need for Properties
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10716
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There are just as many properties as the laws require [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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10720
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We have four options, depending whether particulars and properties are sui generis or constructions [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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10714
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The expressions with properties as their meanings are predicates and abstract singular terms [Oliver]
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There are five main semantic theories for properties [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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Tropes are not properties, since they can't be instantiated twice [Oliver]
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The property of redness is the maximal set of the tropes of exactly similar redness [Oliver]
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The orthodox view does not allow for uninstantiated tropes [Oliver]
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10741
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Maybe concrete particulars are mereological wholes of abstract particulars [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
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Tropes can overlap, and shouldn't be splittable into parts [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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'Structural universals' methane and butane are made of the same universals, carbon and hydrogen [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 3. Instantiated Universals
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10724
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Located universals are wholly present in many places, and two can be in the same place [Oliver]
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Aristotle's instantiated universals cannot account for properties of abstract objects [Oliver]
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If universals ground similarities, what about uniquely instantiated universals? [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
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Uninstantiated universals seem to exist if they themselves have properties [Oliver]
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Uninstantiated properties are useful in philosophy [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
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10722
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Instantiation is set-membership [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism
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Nominalism can reject abstractions, or universals, or sets [Oliver]
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