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'fragments/reports', 'De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence)' and 'Causal and Metaphysical Necessity'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
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A property's causal features are essential, and only they fix its identity [Shoemaker]
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I claim that a property has its causal features in all possible worlds [Shoemaker]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes
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Properties have an incomplete essence, with definitions referring to their subject [Aquinas]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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I now deny that properties are cluster of powers, and take causal properties as basic [Shoemaker]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques
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If the form of 'human' contains 'many', Socrates isn't human; if it contains 'one', Socrates is Plato [Aquinas]
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