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From Possibility to Properties? Or from Properties to Possibility? (2016)
Journal Article
Allen. (2016). From Possibility to Properties? Or from Properties to Possibility?. Philosophy, 21-49. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819116000577

This paper contrasts two metaphysical accounts of modality and properties: Modal Realism which treats possible entities as primitive; and Strong Dispositionalism in which metaphysical possibility and necessity are determined by actually existing disp... Read More about From Possibility to Properties? Or from Properties to Possibility?.

A Critical Introduction to Properties (2016)
Book
Allen, S. (2016). A Critical Introduction to Properties. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474276979

What do blue things have in common? Or electrons? Or planets? Distinct things appear to share properties; but what are properties and what is the best philosophical account of them? A Critical Introduction to Properties introduces different ontologic... Read More about A Critical Introduction to Properties.