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'works', 'Properties and Predicates' and 'Mental Acts: their content and their objects'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 2. Need for Properties
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A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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Attributes are functions, not objects; this distinguishes 'square of 2' from 'double of 2' [Geach]
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There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals
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We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 3. Predicate Nominalism
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If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor]
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