Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Francois-Marie Voltaire, John Searle and Barbara Vetter
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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Essence is a thing's necessities, but what about its possibilities (which may not be realised)? [Vetter]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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I have an 'iterated ability' to learn the violin - that is, the ability to acquire that ability [Vetter]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional
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We should think of dispositions as 'to do' something, not as 'to do something, if ....' [Vetter]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
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Nomological dispositions (unlike ordinary ones) have to be continually realised [Vetter]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
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How can spatiotemporal relations be understood in dispositional terms? [Vetter]
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