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Single Idea 14308
[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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Full Idea
We can bring a real disposition into existence, as in Dennett's case of a piece of cardboard torn in half, so that two strangers can infallibly identify one another.
Gist of Idea
We can bring dispositions into existence, as in creating an identifier
Source
report of Daniel C. Dennett (Consciousness Explained [1991], p.376) by Stephen Mumford - Dispositions 03.7 n37
Book Ref
Mumford,Stephen: 'Dispositions' [OUP 1998]
A Reaction
Presumably human artefacts in general qualify as sets of dispositions which we have created.
The
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with the same theme
[idea of a disposition towards certain behaviour]:
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16735
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In the 17th century, 'disposition' usually just means the spatial arrangement of parts
[Boyle, by Pasnau]
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14292
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Dispositions seem more ethereal than behaviour; a non-occult account of them would be nice
[Goodman]
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16948
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Once we know the mechanism of a disposition, we can eliminate 'similarity'
[Quine]
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15723
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Either dispositions rest on structures, or we keep saying 'all things being equal'
[Quine]
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15469
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Dispositions in action can be destroyed, be recovered, or remain unchanged
[Martin,CB]
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14330
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To be realists about dispositions, we can only discuss them through their categorical basis
[Armstrong]
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5458
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Nearly all fundamental properties of physics are dispositional
[Ellis]
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13585
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The most fundamental properties of nature (mass, charge, spin ...) all seem to be dispositions
[Ellis]
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16452
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Dispositions have modal properties, of which properties things would have counterfactually
[Stalnaker]
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14308
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We can bring dispositions into existence, as in creating an identifier
[Dennett, by Mumford]
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11943
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Dispositions can be causes, so they must be part of the actual world
[Molnar]
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7025
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Are a property's dispositions built in, or contingently added?
[Heil]
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14293
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Dispositions are ascribed to at least objects, substances and persons
[Mumford]
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14298
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Dispositions can be contrasted either with occurrences, or with categorical properties
[Mumford]
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14326
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Unlike categorical bases, dispositions necessarily occupy a particular causal role
[Mumford]
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14583
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Dispositionality is a natural selection function, picking outcomes from the range of possibilities
[Mumford/Anjum]
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16788
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Instead of adding Aristotelian forms to physical stuff, one could add dispositions
[Pasnau]
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19021
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I have an 'iterated ability' to learn the violin - that is, the ability to acquire that ability
[Vetter]
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23698
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Dispositions have directed behaviour which occurs if triggered
[Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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23699
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'Masked' dispositions fail to react because something intervenes
[Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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23700
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A disposition is 'altered' when the stimulus reverses the disposition
[Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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23701
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A disposition is 'mimicked' if a different cause produces that effect from that stimulus
[Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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23702
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A 'trick' can look like a stimulus for a disposition which will happen without it
[Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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23703
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Some dispositions manifest themselves without a stimulus
[Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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23704
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We could analyse dispositions as 'possibilities', with no mention of a stimulus
[Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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