Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Willard Quine, George Bealer and Thomas Hofweber
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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Either dispositions rest on structures, or we keep saying 'all things being equal' [Quine]
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Once we know the mechanism of a disposition, we can eliminate 'similarity' [Quine]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
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Explain unmanifested dispositions as structural similarities to objects which have manifested them [Quine, by Martin,CB]
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We judge things to be soluble if they are the same kind as, or similar to, things that do dissolve [Quine]
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