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17 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 / 5. Natural Properties
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Humeans see predicates as independent, but science says they are connected [Harré/Madden]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
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Energy was introduced to physics to refer to the 'store of potency' of a moving ball [Harré/Madden]
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Some powers need a stimulus, but others are just released [Harré/Madden]
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Some powers are variable, others cannot change (without destroying an identity) [Harré/Madden]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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Scientists define copper almost entirely (bar atomic number) in terms of its dispositions [Harré/Madden]
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We explain powers by the natures of things, but explanations end in inexplicable powers [Harré/Madden]
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Maybe a physical field qualifies as ultimate, if its nature is identical with its powers [Harré/Madden]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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Powers are not qualities; they just point to directions of empirical investigation [Harré/Madden]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
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What is a field of potentials, if it only consists of possible events? [Harré/Madden]
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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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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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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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