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14308 | We can bring dispositions into existence, as in creating an identifier [Dennett, by Mumford] |
Full Idea: We can bring a real disposition into existence, as in Dennett's case of a piece of cardboard torn in half, so that two strangers can infallibly identify one another. | |
From: report of Daniel C. Dennett (Consciousness Explained [1991], p.376) by Stephen Mumford - Dispositions 03.7 n37 | |
A reaction: Presumably human artefacts in general qualify as sets of dispositions which we have created. |