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Full Idea
The source of powers is not the laws of nature; it is the powerful nature of the ordinary properties of concrete particulars.
Gist of Idea
Powers come from concrete particulars, not from the laws of nature
Source
Jonathan D. Jacobs (A Powers Theory of Modality [2010], §4.2)
Book Ref
-: 'Philosophical Studies' [-], p.12
A Reaction
This pithily summarises my own view. People who think the powers of the world derive from the laws either have an implicit religious framework, or they are giving no thought at all to the ontological status of the laws.