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[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions]

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 Reference

Mumford,Stephen: 'Dispositions' [OUP 1998]


A Reaction

Presumably human artefacts in general qualify as sets of dispositions which we have created.