Full Idea
I will consider the case for an ontology of real dispositions replacing the so-called laws of nature as the basic building blocks of explanation.
Gist of Idea
Maybe dispositions can replace the 'laws of nature' as the basis of explanation
Source
Stephen Mumford (Dispositions [1998], 10.1)
Book Reference
Mumford,Stephen: 'Dispositions' [OUP 1998], p.216
A Reaction
This precisely summarises the view I am exploring, with a particular focus on real essences. I certainly think the 'laws of nature' must go. See Mumford's second book on this.