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14 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 / 1. Nature of Properties
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If a property such as self-identity can only be in one thing, it can't be a universal [Swoyer]
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10416
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Can properties have parts? [Swoyer]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
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There are only first-order properties ('red'), and none of higher-order ('coloured') [Swoyer]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
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The best-known candidate for an identity condition for properties is necessary coextensiveness [Swoyer]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Various attempts are made to evade universals being wholly present in different places [Swoyer]
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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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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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Plato's Forms meant that the sophists only taught the appearance of wisdom and virtue [Plato, by Nehamas]
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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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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 4. Concept Nominalism
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Conceptualism says words like 'honesty' refer to concepts, not to properties [Swoyer]
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