Properties as Pure Powers

In From an ontological point of view. New York: Oxford University Press (2003)
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Properties are powers, but not pure powers. A world comprising objects, properties of which are exclusively dispositional, like a purely relational world, is indistinguishable from an empty world. If there are such worlds, they are bad models for ours. Powers and qualities go hand in hand.

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