Volume 77, Issue 1, July 2008
Ann Whittle
Pages 59-82
A Functionalist Theory of Properties
I consider a grand, yet neglected proposal put forward by Shoemaker-a functionalist theory of all properties. I argue that two possible ways of developing this proposal meet with substantial objections. However, if we are prepared to endorse an ontology of tropes, one of these functionalist analyses can be developed into an original and informative theory of properties.