Full Idea
An 'antidote' (or 'mask') to a disposition (unlike a 'finkish' one) leaves the disposition intact, but interferes with the causal chain between the disposition and its manifestation so that the manifestation doesn't come about.
Gist of Idea
An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it
Source
Richard Corry (Dispositional Essentialism Grounds Laws of Nature? [2010], 2)
Book Reference
-: 'Australasian Journal of Philosophy' [-], p.3
A Reaction
[He cites Bird 1997] Thus the disposition of the poison at least begins to manifest, but its disposition to kill is blocked. So what was the disposition of the poison?
Related Idea
Idea 14347 A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry]