Single Idea 15488

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties]

Full Idea

For any intrinsic and irreducible property, what is qualitative and what is dispositional are one and the same property considered as what that property exhibits of its nature and what that property is directive and selective for in its manifestation.

Gist of Idea

Qualities and dispositions are aspects of properties - what it exhibits, and what it does

Source

C.B. Martin (The Mind in Nature [2008], 06.6)

Book Reference

Martin,C.B.: 'The Mind in Nature' [OUP 2008], p.65


A Reaction

This is supposed to support qualities and dispositions as equal partners, but I don't see how 'what a property exhibits' can have any role in fundamental ontology. What it exhibits may be very misleading about its nature.