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Ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'The Mystery of Consciousness' and 'A Puzzle Concerning Matter and Form'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
A property is 'emergent' if it is caused by elements of a system, when the elements lack the property [Searle]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
The possible Aristotelian view that forms are real and active principles is clearly wrong [Fine,K, by Pasnau]