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Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Brian Ellis and Eduard Hanslick

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
13584 The extension of a property is a contingent fact, so cannot be the essence of the property [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
5468 Properties are 'dispositional', or 'categorical' (the latter as 'block' or 'intrinsic' structures) [Ellis, by PG]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
13587 There is no property of 'fragility', as things are each fragile in a distinctive way [Ellis]
12673 Physical properties are those relevant to how a physical system might act [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
13577 Typical 'categorical' properties are spatio-temporal, such as shape [Ellis]
9436 The property of 'being an electron' is not of anything, and only electrons could have it [Ellis]
5469 The passive view of nature says categorical properties are basic, but others say dispositions [Ellis]
12665 I support categorical properties, although most people only want causal powers [Ellis]
12682 Essentialism needs categorical properties (spatiotemporal and numerical relations) and dispositions [Ellis]
12684 Spatial, temporal and numerical relations have causal roles, without being causal [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
13582 'Being a methane molecule' is not a property - it is just a predicate [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets
12672 Properties and relations are discovered, so they can't be mere sets of individuals [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties
5456 Redness is not a property as it is not mind-independent [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
18398 Space, time, and some other basics, are not causal powers [Ellis]
13580 Causal powers must necessarily act the way they do [Ellis]
13598 Causal powers are often directional (e.g. centripetal, centrifugal, circulatory) [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
12676 Causal powers can't rest on things which lack causal power [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
13568 Basic powers may not be explained by structure, if at the bottom level there is no structure [Ellis]
13586 Maybe dispositions can be explained by intrinsic properties or structures [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
5481 Properties have powers; they aren't just ways for logicians to classify objects [Ellis]
23781 Categoricals exist to influence powers. Such as structures, orientations and magnitudes [Ellis, by Williams,NE]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
13585 The most fundamental properties of nature (mass, charge, spin ...) all seem to be dispositions [Ellis]
5458 Nearly all fundamental properties of physics are dispositional [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
13596 A causal power is a disposition to produce forces [Ellis]
13599 Powers are dispositions of the essences of kinds that involve them in causation [Ellis]
12686 Causal powers are a proper subset of the dispositional properties [Ellis]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
13572 There are 'substantive' (objects of some kind), 'dynamic' (events of some kind) and 'property' universals [Ellis]
13573 Universals are all types of natural kind [Ellis]