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Ideas for 'Tropes', 'Natural Kinds' and 'Theaetetus'

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

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Individuals consist of 'compresent' tropes [Bacon,John]

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A trope is a bit of a property or relation (not an exemplification or a quality) [Bacon,John]

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Trope theory is ontologically parsimonious, with possibly only one-category [Bacon,John]

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

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Once we know the mechanism of a disposition, we can eliminate 'similarity' [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent

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We judge things to be soluble if they are the same kind as, or similar to, things that do dissolve [Quine]