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'Natural Kinds', 'Being and Time' and 'Properties and Predicates'
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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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There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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Once we know the mechanism of a disposition, we can eliminate 'similarity' [Quine]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
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We judge things to be soluble if they are the same kind as, or similar to, things that do dissolve [Quine]
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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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