From Falsemakers to Negative Properties.

I shall argue in this article that, if we need to admit of negative facts in our ontology as falsemakers of false propositions (as I try to demonstrate in a 2014 article by a falsemaker argument), then it is plausible to accept that there are also negative properties conceived of as modes. After having briefly recalled the falsemaker argument, I shall explore five different alternative interpretations of negative facts and I shall demonstrate that each alternative - except for the one involving negative properties - is affected by some problems. Later on, I shall deal with a number of objections against negative properties and I shall demonstrate that they can be overcome without much difficulty. Eventually, I shall tackle Nick Zangwill's argument against the thesis that negative properties are as real as positive ones. Among other things, I shall argue that Zangwill's argument is at least limited in its scope, since it only works with negative and positive determinates within some common determinable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]