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Full Idea
It seems plausible that a disposition could be possessed though no manifestation events occur.
Gist of Idea
There could be dispositions that are never manifested
Source
Stephen Mumford (Dispositions [1998], 01.6)
Book Ref
Mumford,Stephen: 'Dispositions' [OUP 1998], p.21
A Reaction
It is more than 'plausible' - it is screamingly obvious to everybody, apart from a few philosophers. "Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest" (Gray's Elegy).
14297 | A dispositional property is not a state, but a liability to be in some state, given a condition [Ryle] |
15797 | All structures are dispositional, objects are dispositions sets, and events manifest dispositions [Fetzer] |
14291 | Dispositions are not just possibilities - they are features of actual things [Mumford] |
14299 | There could be dispositions that are never manifested [Mumford] |
14920 | If science captures the modal structure of things, that explains why its predictions work [Ladyman/Ross] |