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13 ideas
8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 3. Structural Relations
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Plato's idea of 'structure' tends to be mathematically expressed [Plato, by Koslicki]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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A determinate property must be a unique instance of the determinable class [Vetter]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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I have an 'iterated ability' to learn the violin - that is, the ability to acquire that ability [Vetter]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional
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We should think of dispositions as 'to do' something, not as 'to do something, if ....' [Vetter]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
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Nomological dispositions (unlike ordinary ones) have to be continually realised [Vetter]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
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How can spatiotemporal relations be understood in dispositional terms? [Vetter]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
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Platonists argue for the indivisible triangle-in-itself [Plato, by Aristotle]
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Plato's Forms meant that the sophists only taught the appearance of wisdom and virtue [Plato, by Nehamas]
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When Diogenes said he could only see objects but not their forms, Plato said it was because he had eyes but no intellect [Plato, by Diog. Laertius]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
556
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If there is one Form for both the Form and its participants, they must have something in common [Aristotle on Plato]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / c. Self-predication
563
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If gods are like men, they are just eternal men; similarly, Forms must differ from particulars [Aristotle on Plato]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques
565
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The Forms cannot be changeless if they are in changing things [Aristotle on Plato]
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557
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A Form is a cause of things only in the way that white mixed with white is a cause [Aristotle on Plato]
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