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'Protagoras', 'Contextualism Defended (and reply)' and 'The Metaphysics of Properties'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
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There are four conditions defining the relations between particulars and properties [Oliver]
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If properties are sui generis, are they abstract or concrete? [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 2. Need for Properties
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There are just as many properties as the laws require [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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We have four options, depending whether particulars and properties are sui generis or constructions [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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The expressions with properties as their meanings are predicates and abstract singular terms [Oliver]
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There are five main semantic theories for properties [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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Maybe concrete particulars are mereological wholes of abstract particulars [Oliver]
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Tropes are not properties, since they can't be instantiated twice [Oliver]
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The orthodox view does not allow for uninstantiated tropes [Oliver]
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The property of redness is the maximal set of the tropes of exactly similar redness [Oliver]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
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Tropes can overlap, and shouldn't be splittable into parts [Oliver]
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