Single Idea 15467

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional]

Full Idea

Nobody believes, or ought to believe, that manifestations of powers follow upon the single event mentioned in the antecedent of the conditional independently of the circumstances.

Gist of Idea

Powers depend on circumstances, so can't be given a conditional analysis

Source

C.B. Martin (The Mind in Nature [2008], 02.4)

Book Reference

Martin,C.B.: 'The Mind in Nature' [OUP 2008], p.16


A Reaction

Another way of putting it would be that the behaviour of powers is more ceteris paribus than law.

Related Idea

Idea 15466 'The wire is live' can't be analysed as a conditional, because a wire can change its powers [Martin,CB]