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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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Quine says the predicate of a true statement has no ontological implications [Quine, by Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties
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Quine suggests that properties can be replaced with extensional entities like sets [Quine, by Shapiro]
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Quine says that if second-order logic is to quantify over properties, that can be done in first-order predicate logic [Quine, by Benardete,JA]
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Quine brought classes into semantics to get rid of properties [Quine, by McGinn]
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Don't analyse 'red is a colour' as involving properties. Say 'all red things are coloured things' [Quine, by Orenstein]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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All powers can be explained by obvious features like size, shape and motion of matter [Descartes]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Five universals: genus, species, difference, property, accident [Descartes]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals
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Universals are acceptable if they are needed to make an accepted theory true [Quine, by Jacquette]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism
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A universal is a single idea applied to individual things that are similar to one another [Descartes]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism
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Quine is committed to sets, but is more a Class Nominalist than a Platonist [Quine, by Macdonald,C]
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