Full Idea
That the most noteworthy property of this bed is that George Washington slept in it - surely this is true on some legitimate conception of properties?
Gist of Idea
Surely 'slept in by Washington' is a property of some bed?
Source
David Lewis (On the Plurality of Worlds [1986], 1.5)
Book Reference
Lewis,David: 'On the Plurality of Worlds' [Blackwell 2001], p.67
A Reaction
Wrong! This example is a nice clear test case. This is an absurd slippery slope. A bed he once looked at? I would have thought this was a relation the bed once entered into, and a relation isn't a property.