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'works', 'Persistence, Change and Explanation' and 'The Metaphysics of Scientific Realism'
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16 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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Physical properties are those relevant to how a physical system might act [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
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I support categorical properties, although most people only want causal powers [Ellis]
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Essentialism needs categorical properties (spatiotemporal and numerical relations) and dispositions [Ellis]
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Spatial, temporal and numerical relations have causal roles, without being causal [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
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Properties and relations are discovered, so they can't be mere sets of individuals [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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Causal powers can't rest on things which lack causal power [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
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Categoricals exist to influence powers. Such as structures, orientations and magnitudes [Ellis, by Williams,NE]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
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Causal powers are a proper subset of the dispositional properties [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
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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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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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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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