Full Idea
Kinds of things are specific arrangements of dispositions.
Gist of Idea
Kinds are arrangements of dispositions
Source
J.H. Fetzer (A World of Dispositions [1977], 2)
Book Reference
-: 'Synthese' [-], p.405
A Reaction
A 'disposition' doesn't seem quite the right word for what is basic to the physical world, though Harré and Madden make a good case for the 'fields' of physic being understood in that way. I prefer 'power', though that doesn't solve anything.
Related Ideas
Idea 15797 All structures are dispositional, objects are dispositions sets, and events manifest dispositions [Fetzer]
Idea 15303 Maybe a physical field qualifies as ultimate, if its nature is identical with its powers [Harré/Madden]