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19 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 / 9. Qualities
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15484
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A property is a combination of a disposition and a quality [Martin,CB]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
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Properties are the respects in which objects resemble, which places them in classes [Martin,CB]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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15483
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Properties are ways particular things are, and so they are tied to the identity of their possessor [Martin,CB]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
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15480
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Objects are not bundles of tropes (which are ways things are, not parts of things) [Martin,CB]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
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A property that cannot interact is worse than inert - it isn't there at all [Martin,CB]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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If unmanifested partnerless dispositions are still real, and are not just qualities, they can explain properties [Martin,CB]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
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15488
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Qualities and dispositions are aspects of properties - what it exhibits, and what it does [Martin,CB]
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Properties endow a ball with qualities, and with powers or dispositions [Martin,CB]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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15469
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Dispositions in action can be destroyed, be recovered, or remain unchanged [Martin,CB]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional
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Powers depend on circumstances, so can't be given a conditional analysis [Martin,CB]
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'The wire is live' can't be analysed as a conditional, because a wire can change its powers [Martin,CB]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
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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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Platonists argue for the indivisible triangle-in-itself [Plato, by Aristotle]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
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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
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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
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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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