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Ideas of Richard Corry, by Text
[Australian, fl. 2010, At the University of Tasmania.]
2010
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Dispositional Essentialism Grounds Laws of Nature?
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p.2
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Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus
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p.3
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A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus
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p.3
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An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it
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p.6
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If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature
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p.8
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Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities
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