Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Corry and Margaret Cavendish

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7 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional
14348 An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry]
14347 A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
14350 If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry]
14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
14351 Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
22352 Out of more than a hundred planets, Earth is the only one with the idea of free will [Vonnegut]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind
23221 The brain, and all the mental events within it, consists entirely of sensitive and rational matter [Cavendish]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
14346 Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry]