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Ideas for 'Writing the Book of the World', 'Set Theory and Its Philosophy' and 'De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence)'

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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 4. Formal Relations / a. Types of relation

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A relation is a set consisting entirely of ordered pairs [Potter]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties

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A property is intrinsic if an object alone in the world can instantiate it [Sider]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes

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Properties have an incomplete essence, with definitions referring to their subject [Aquinas]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

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Predicates can be 'sparse' if there is a universal, or if there is a natural property or relation [Sider]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques

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If the form of 'human' contains 'many', Socrates isn't human; if it contains 'one', Socrates is Plato [Aquinas]