Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, C.B. Martin and Franois Recanati

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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object

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Structural properties involve dispositionality, so cannot be used to explain it [Martin,CB]

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Structures don't explain dispositions, because they consist of dispositions [Martin,CB]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum

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I favour the idea of a substratum for properties; spacetime seems to be just a bearer of properties [Martin,CB]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

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Properly understood, wholes do no more causal work than their parts [Martin,CB]

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A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim]