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Ideas for 'On Motion', 'From an Ontological Point of View' and 'A Defense of Abortion'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 9. Qualities

7007	I think of properties as simultaneously dispositional and qualitative [Heil]

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

7015	A predicate applies truly if it picks out a real property of objects [Heil]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

7042	A theory of universals says similarity is identity of parts; for modes, similarity is primitive [Heil]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

7023	Powers or dispositions are usually seen as caused by lower-level qualities [Heil]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions

7025	Are a property's dispositions built in, or contingently added? [Heil]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals

7034	Universals explain one-over-many relations, and similar qualities, and similar behaviour [Heil]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques

7039	How could you tell if the universals were missing from a world of instances? [Heil]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

7009	Similarity among modes will explain everthing universals were for [Heil]

7041	Similar objects have similar properties; properties are directly similar [Heil]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism

7032	Objects join sets because of properties; the property is not bestowed by set membership [Heil]