Single Idea 18511

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets]

Full Idea

Properties are central to the universe's causal order in a way that sets could not possibly be.

Gist of Idea

Properties have causal roles which sets can't possibly have

Source

John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 02.3)

Book Reference

Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.18


A Reaction

The idea that properties actually are sets is just ridiculous. It may be that you can treat them as sets and get by quite well. The sets can be subsumed into descriptions of causal processes (or something).