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'Through the Looking Glass', 'Philosophy of Mind' and 'Essence and Potentiality'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
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Resemblance or similarity is the core of our concept of a property [Kim]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 7. Emergent Properties
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Is weight a 'resultant' property of water, but transparency an 'emergent' property? [Kim]
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Emergent properties are 'brute facts' (inexplicable), but still cause things [Kim]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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Essence is a thing's necessities, but what about its possibilities (which may not be realised)? [Vetter]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
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Should properties be individuated by their causal powers? [Kim]
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