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'works', 'Abstract Objects:intro to Axiomatic Metaphysics' and 'Getting Causes from Powers'
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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 / 7. Emergent Properties
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Weak emergence is just unexpected, and strong emergence is beyond all deduction [Mumford/Anjum]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
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Powers explain properties, causes, modality, events, and perhaps even particulars [Mumford/Anjum]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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Powers offer no more explanation of nature than laws do [Mumford/Anjum]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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Powers are not just basic forces, since they combine to make new powers [Mumford/Anjum]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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Dispositionality is a natural selection function, picking outcomes from the range of possibilities [Mumford/Anjum]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
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We say 'power' and 'disposition' are equivalent, but some say dispositions are manifestable [Mumford/Anjum]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional
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The simple conditional analysis of dispositions doesn't allow for possible prevention [Mumford/Anjum]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
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Might dispositions be reduced to normativity, or to intentionality? [Mumford/Anjum]
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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
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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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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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The Forms cannot be changeless if they are in changing things [Aristotle on Plato]
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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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