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17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 2. Potential Behaviour

4561	Many sentences set up dispositions which are irrelevant to the meanings of the sentences [Cooper,DE]
	Full Idea: Many sentences set up dispositions which are irrelevant to the meanings of the sentences.
	From: David E. Cooper (Philosophy and the Nature of Language [1973], §2.3)
	A reaction: Yet another telling objection to behaviourism. When I look at broccoli I may have a disposition to be sick, but that isn't part of the concept of broccoli.