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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
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Universals are wholly present in their instances, whereas properties are spread around [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
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Natural properties figure in the analysis of similarity in intrinsic respects [Lewis, by Oliver]
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Lewisian natural properties fix reference of predicates, through a principle of charity [Lewis, by Hawley]
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Objects are demarcated by density and chemistry, and natural properties belong in what is well demarcated [Lewis]
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Reference partly concerns thought and language, partly eligibility of referent by natural properties [Lewis]
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Natural properties tend to belong to well-demarcated things, typically loci of causal chains [Lewis]
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For us, a property being natural is just an aspect of its featuring in the contents of our attitudes [Lewis]
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All perfectly natural properties are intrinsic [Lewis, by Lewis]
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Natural properties fix resemblance and powers, and are picked out by universals [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
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Lewis says properties are sets of actual and possible objects [Lewis, by Heil]
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Any class of things is a property, no matter how whimsical or irrelevant [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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There are far more properties than any brain could ever encodify [Lewis]
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We need properties as semantic values for linguistic expressions [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
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Properties are classes of possible and actual concrete particulars [Lewis, by Koslicki]
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