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Ideas for 'Why coherence is not enough', 'Causal and Metaphysical Necessity' and 'Introduction to 'Properties''

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties

15095

A property's causal features are essential, and only they fix its identity [Shoemaker]

15097

I claim that a property has its causal features in all possible worlds [Shoemaker]

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

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

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]