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Single Idea 12678

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties]

Full Idea

I am against Shoemaker's strong dispositionalism, according to which all genuine properties are dispositional.

Gist of Idea

Shoemaker says all genuine properties are dispositional

Source

report of Sydney Shoemaker (Causality and Properties [1980]) by Brian Ellis - The Metaphysics of Scientific Realism 3

Book Reference

Ellis,Brian: 'The Metaphysics of Scientific Realism' [Acument 2009], p.56


A Reaction

This is because Ellis argues that some properties are categorical, and are needed to underly the active dispositional ones. I think I side with Shoemaker, but this needs more thought.