<s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 2 topics, 1 source</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[homeostatic property cluster]]</s> The properties that make something a "thing" if it has enough of them. ^[[[video - Social Constructs Philosophy Tube]]] > Homeostatic property clusters (HPCs) **occur when mechanisms exist that cause the properties to cluster by ensuring that deviations from the cluster have a low chance of persisting**; the presence of some of the properties in the cluster favors the presence of the others. ^[[Natural Kinds (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/natural-kinds)] In:: [[social construct]] theory, these property clusters are the properties around an object that have been agree upon by some section of [[society]]. ##### ^dataviews > [!dataview]+ Related unlinked notes > > No results to show for list query. > [!dataview]- Other unlinked mentions > > No results to show for list query.