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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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Properties are 'dispositional', or 'categorical' (the latter as 'block' or 'intrinsic' structures) [Ellis, by PG]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
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Physical properties are those relevant to how a physical system might act [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
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The passive view of nature says categorical properties are basic, but others say dispositions [Ellis]
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I support categorical properties, although most people only want causal powers [Ellis]
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Essentialism needs categorical properties (spatiotemporal and numerical relations) and dispositions [Ellis]
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Spatial, temporal and numerical relations have causal roles, without being causal [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
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Properties and relations are discovered, so they can't be mere sets of individuals [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties
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Redness is not a property as it is not mind-independent [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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Causal powers can't rest on things which lack causal power [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
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Properties have powers; they aren't just ways for logicians to classify objects [Ellis]
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Categoricals exist to influence powers. Such as structures, orientations and magnitudes [Ellis, by Williams,NE]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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Nearly all fundamental properties of physics are dispositional [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
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Causal powers are a proper subset of the dispositional properties [Ellis]
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