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Ideas for 'Extrinsic Properties', 'Treatise of Human Nature' and 'Nature's Metaphysics'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties

9502	There might be just one fundamental natural property [Bird]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

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Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider]

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Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

9477	Categorical properties are not modally fixed, but change across possible worlds [Bird]

9490	The categoricalist idea is that a property is only individuated by being itself [Bird]

9495	If we abstractly define a property, that doesn't mean some object could possess it [Bird]

9492	Categoricalists take properties to be quiddities, with no essential difference between them [Bird]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

9503	To name an abundant property is either a Fregean concept, or a simple predicate [Bird]