Full Idea
A property that is intrinsically incapable of affecting or being affected by anything else, actual or possible, is not merely a case of inertness - it amounts to a no-thing.
Gist of Idea
A property that cannot interact is worse than inert - it isn't there at all
Source
C.B. Martin (The Mind in Nature [2008], 06.6)
Book Reference
Martin,C.B.: 'The Mind in Nature' [OUP 2008], p.66
A Reaction
In the end Martin rejects Shoemaker's purely causal account of properties, but he clearly understands Shoemaker's point well.
Related Idea
Idea 3534 To be is to have causal powers [Alexander,S]