Single Idea 15480

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes]

Full Idea

The bundle theory for tropes treats properties inappositely as parts of objects. Objects can have parts, but an object's properties are not its parts, they are particular ways the object is.

Gist of Idea

Objects are not bundles of tropes (which are ways things are, not parts of things)

Source

C.B. Martin (The Mind in Nature [2008], 04.6)

Book Reference

Martin,C.B.: 'The Mind in Nature' [OUP 2008], p.44


A Reaction

The 'way an object is' seems a very vague concept. Most things that get labelled as tropes are actually highly complex. Without mention of causal powers I think these discussions drift in a muddle.