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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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Is 'the Thames is broad in London' relational, or adverbial, or segmental? [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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I prefer 'modes' to 'tropes', because it emphasises their dependence [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
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Why cannot a trope float off and join another bundle? [Lowe]
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Tropes cannot have clear identity-conditions, so they are not objects [Lowe]
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How can tropes depend on objects for their identity, if objects are just bundles of tropes? [Lowe]
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Does a ball snug in plaster have one trope, or two which coincide? [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz]
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I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Sortal terms for universals involve a substance, whereas adjectival terms do not [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals
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Real universals are needed to explain laws of nature [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
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Particulars are instantiations, and universals are instantiables [Lowe]
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