Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Ren Descartes and Wolfgang Knne

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

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Incorporeal substances are powers or forces [Descartes, by Pasnau]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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All powers can be explained by obvious features like size, shape and motion of matter [Descartes]

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

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Empiricists use dispositions reductively, as 'possibility of sensation' or 'possibility of experimental result' [Fodor]