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| Properties | Obsidian::H&SS | ontology |
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Overview
A property is an entity that can be predicated of things or, in other words, attributed to them.
%%ANKI Basic What is a property? Back: An entity that can be predicated or attributed to things. Reference: Francesco Orilia and Michele Paolini Paoletti, “Properties,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Edward N. Zalta, Spring 2022 (Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2022), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2022/entries/properties/.
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Instantiation
An entity is said to instantiate a property if said entity bears a connection to the property. For example, a human instantiates the property of being human and a man instantiates the properties of being human and being a man.
%%ANKI Basic What is instantiation? Back: A relation held between an entity and the properties that describe the entity. Reference: Nikk Effingham, An Introduction to Ontology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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%%ANKI Cloze A man is said to {instantiate} the property of being a man. Reference: Nikk Effingham, An Introduction to Ontology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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%%ANKI Basic What is self-instantiation? Back: The instantiation of a property by itself. Reference: Nikk Effingham, An Introduction to Ontology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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%%ANKI Basic What is non-self-instantiation? Back: The non-instantiation of a property by itself. Reference: Nikk Effingham, An Introduction to Ontology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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%%ANKI Basic Suppose all properties are self-instantiating. What must be said about being honest? Back: The property being honest is honest. Reference: Francesco Orilia and Michele Paolini Paoletti, “Properties,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Edward N. Zalta, Spring 2022 (Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2022), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2022/entries/properties/.
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%%ANKI Basic Suppose properties are abstracta. What self-instantiation is thus formed? Back: The property of abstractness is abstract. Reference: Francesco Orilia and Michele Paolini Paoletti, “Properties,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Edward N. Zalta, Spring 2022 (Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2022), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2022/entries/properties/.
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%%ANKI Basic What is the paradox of non-self-instantiation? Back: The property non-self-instantiation is non-self-instantiating iff it is self-instantiating. Reference: Nikk Effingham, An Introduction to Ontology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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Basic
Let P be the property is non-self-instantiating. What happens if P is non-self-instantiating?
Back: Then P must be self-instantiating.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, An Introduction to Ontology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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Basic
Let P be the property is non-self-instantiating. What happens if P is self-instantiating?
Back: Then P must be non-self-instantiating.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, An Introduction to Ontology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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Bibliography
- Francesco Orilia and Michele Paolini Paoletti, “Properties,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Edward N. Zalta, Spring 2022 (Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2022), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2022/entries/properties/.
- Nikk Effingham, An Introduction to Ontology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).