 As Wildman and Cowling point out, there are several ways of cashing out the distinction between sparse properties and abundant properties (see Schaffer (2004) for a thorough discussion). The basic idea is that sparse properties are somehow more fundamental than abundant properties (they somehow “carve nature at the joints”). What is important is that on any plausible account of the distinction, the properties invoked by Fine will not count as sparse properties. Thus, condition (2) will not be satisfied.