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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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Is 'the Thames is broad in London' relational, or adverbial, or segmental? [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
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I prefer 'modes' to 'tropes', because it emphasises their dependence [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
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Tropes cannot have clear identity-conditions, so they are not objects [Lowe]
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How can tropes depend on objects for their identity, if objects are just bundles of tropes? [Lowe]
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Why cannot a trope float off and join another bundle? [Lowe]
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Does a ball snug in plaster have one trope, or two which coincide? [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
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We discern active power from our minds, so mind must be involved in all active powers [Leibniz]
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I use the word 'entelechy' for a power, to include endeavour, as well as mere aptitude [Leibniz]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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All occurrence in the depth of a substance is spontaneous 'action' [Leibniz]
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Substances are primary powers; their ways of being are the derivative powers [Leibniz]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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Material or immaterial substances cannot be conceived without their essential activity [Leibniz]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
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The active powers which are not essential to the substance are the 'real qualities' [Leibniz]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
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There cannot be power without action; the power is a disposition to act [Leibniz]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Sortal terms for universals involve a substance, whereas adjectival terms do not [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals
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Real universals are needed to explain laws of nature [Lowe]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
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Particulars are instantiations, and universals are instantiables [Lowe]
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