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Single Idea 8515

[filed under theme 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects ]

Full Idea

If tropes are basic particulars, then concrete particulars count as dependent realities. They are collections of co-located tropes, depending on these tropes as a fleet does upon its component ships.

Gist of Idea

Tropes are basic particulars, so concrete particulars are collections of co-located tropes

Source

Keith Campbell (The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars [1981], §2)

Book Ref

'Properties', ed/tr. Mellor,D.H. /Oliver,A [OUP 1997], p.128

A Reaction

If I sail my yacht through a fleet, do I become part of it? Presumably trope theory could avoid a bundle view of objects. A bare substratum could be a magnet which attracts tropes.

The 14 ideas from 'The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars'

8513 Two red cloths are separate instances of redness, because you can dye one of them blue [Campbell,K]
8514 Red could only recur in a variety of objects if it was many, which makes them particulars [Campbell,K]
8512 Abstractions come before the mind by concentrating on a part of what is presented [Campbell,K]
8515 Tropes are basic particulars, so concrete particulars are collections of co-located tropes [Campbell,K]
8518 Events are trope-sequences, in which tropes replace one another [Campbell,K]
8516 Davidson can't explain causation entirely by events, because conditions are also involved [Campbell,K]
8517 Causal conditions are particular abstract instances of properties, which makes them tropes [Campbell,K]
8519 Bundles must be unique, so the Identity of Indiscernibles is a necessity - which it isn't! [Campbell,K]
4033 Two pure spheres in non-absolute space are identical but indiscernible [Campbell,K]
8522 Tropes solve the Companionship Difficulty, since the resemblance is only between abstract particulars [Campbell,K]
8523 Tropes solve the Imperfect Community problem, as they can only resemble in one respect [Campbell,K]
8521 Nominalism has the problem that without humans nothing would resemble anything else [Campbell,K]
8524 Trope theory makes space central to reality, as tropes must have a shape and size [Campbell,K]
8525 Relations need terms, so they must be second-order entities based on first-order tropes [Campbell,K]