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Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Sydney Shoemaker and Brian Ellis
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
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Space, time, and some other basics, are not causal powers [Ellis]
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Causal powers must necessarily act the way they do [Ellis]
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Causal powers are often directional (e.g. centripetal, centrifugal, circulatory) [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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Causal powers can't rest on things which lack causal power [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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Basic powers may not be explained by structure, if at the bottom level there is no structure [Ellis]
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Maybe dispositions can be explained by intrinsic properties or structures [Ellis]
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Things have powers in virtue of (which are entailed by) their properties [Shoemaker]
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One power can come from different properties; a thing's powers come from its properties [Shoemaker]
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Properties are functions producing powers, and powers are functions producing effects [Shoemaker]
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I now deny that properties are cluster of powers, and take causal properties as basic [Shoemaker]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
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Properties have powers; they aren't just ways for logicians to classify objects [Ellis]
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Categoricals exist to influence powers. Such as structures, orientations and magnitudes [Ellis, by Williams,NE]
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Shoemaker says all genuine properties are dispositional [Shoemaker, by Ellis]
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A causal theory of properties focuses on change, not (say) on abstract properties of numbers [Shoemaker]
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'Square', 'round' and 'made of copper' show that not all properties are dispositional [Shoemaker]
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The identity of a property concerns its causal powers [Shoemaker]
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Properties are clusters of conditional powers [Shoemaker]
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Could properties change without the powers changing, or powers change without the properties changing? [Shoemaker]
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If properties are separated from causal powers, this invites total elimination [Shoemaker]
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The notions of property and of causal power are parts of a single system of related concepts [Shoemaker]
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Actually, properties are individuated by causes as well as effects [Shoemaker]
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Shoemaker moved from properties as powers to properties bestowing powers [Shoemaker, by Mumford/Anjum]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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The most fundamental properties of nature (mass, charge, spin ...) all seem to be dispositions [Ellis]
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Nearly all fundamental properties of physics are dispositional [Ellis]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
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A causal power is a disposition to produce forces [Ellis]
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Powers are dispositions of the essences of kinds that involve them in causation [Ellis]
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Causal powers are a proper subset of the dispositional properties [Ellis]
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Dispositional predicates ascribe powers, and the rest ascribe properties [Shoemaker]
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