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Ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Identity' and 'Letter to Herodotus'

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

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The perceived accidental properties of bodies cannot be conceived of as independent natures [Epicurus]

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Accidental properties give a body its nature, but are not themselves bodies or parts of bodies [Epicurus]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]