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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 4. Formal Relations / a. Types of relation
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Reflexive relations are syntactically polyadic but ontologically monadic [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
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If atomism is true, then all properties derive from ultimate properties [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
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'Being physical' is a second-order property [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
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'Categorical properties' are those which are not powers [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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Are tropes transferable? If they are, that is a version of Platonism [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
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We get the idea of power from our own actions, and the interaction of external bodies [Locke]
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Power is active or passive, and has a relation to actions [Locke]
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We can only know a thing's powers when we have combined it with many things [Locke]
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A power's type-identity is given by its definitive manifestation [Molnar]
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Powers have Directedness, Independence, Actuality, Intrinsicality and Objectivity [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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The physical world has a feature very like mental intentionality [Molnar]
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Dispositions and external powers arise entirely from intrinsic powers in objects [Molnar]
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The Standard Model suggest that particles are entirely dispositional, and hence are powers [Molnar]
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Some powers are ungrounded, and others rest on them, and are derivative [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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The essence of whiteness in a man is nothing but the power to produce the idea of whiteness [Locke]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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What is the texture - the real essence - which makes substances behave in distinct ways? [Locke]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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Dispositions can be causes, so they must be part of the actual world [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
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If powers only exist when actual, they seem to be nomadic, and indistinguishable from non-powers [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
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Locke explains powers, but effectively eliminates them with his talk of internal structure [Locke, by Alexander,P]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Locke, Berkeley and Hume did no serious thinking about universals [Robinson,H on Locke]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques
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Platonic explanations of universals actually diminish our understanding [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism
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For nominalists, predicate extensions are inexplicable facts [Molnar]
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Nominalists only accept first-order logic [Molnar]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals
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All things that exist are particulars [Locke]
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Universals do not exist, but are useful inventions of the mind, involving words or ideas [Locke]
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