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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional

14416	An object can have a disposition when the revelant conditional is false [Merricks]
	Full Idea: It is possible for an object to have a disposition even though the relevant conditional is false.
	From: Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 7.III)
	A reaction: This is the now standard observation that finks (killing the disposition) and antidotes (blocking the effect of the disposition) can intervene, as in safety mechanisms in electrical gadgets. There may be replies available here.