Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Aristotle, Wilson,G/Schpall,S and John Hawthorne

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
5117 Heavy and light are defined by their tendency to move down or up [Aristotle]
16113 Potentiality is a principle of change, in another thing, or as another thing [Aristotle]
16114 Active 'dunamis' is best translated as 'power' or 'ability' (rather than 'potentiality') [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
15773 Actualities are arranged by priority, going back to what initiates process [Aristotle]
11387 The main characteristic of the source of change is activity [energeia] [Aristotle, by Politis]
15127 A categorical basis could hardly explain a disposition if it had no powers of its own [Hawthorne]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
16752 Sight is the essence of the eye, fitting its definition; the eye itself is just the matter [Aristotle]
16753 Giving the function of a house defines its actuality [Aristotle]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
15780 Potentiality in geometry is metaphorical [Aristotle]
15123 Is the causal profile of a property its essence? [Hawthorne]
15124 If properties are more than their powers, we could have two properties with the same power [Hawthorne]
15122 Could two different properties have the same causal profile? [Hawthorne]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
11938 The Megarans say something is only capable of something when it is actually doing it [Aristotle]
15766 Megaran actualism is just scepticism about the qualities of things [Aristotle]
15767 Megaran actualists prevent anything from happening, by denying a capacity for it to happen! [Aristotle]