Full Idea
The problem is how, without general laws, can the dispositionalist explain why generalities in behaviour are true of kinds.
Gist of Idea
Without laws, how can a dispositionalist explain general behaviour within kinds?
Source
Stephen Mumford (Dispositions [1998], 10.3)
Book Reference
Mumford,Stephen: 'Dispositions' [OUP 1998], p.221
A Reaction
And the answer is to make kinds depend on individuals, and not vice versa, and then point to the necessary patterns that arise from conjunctions of individual dispositions, given their identity in many individuals.