Full Idea
Nobody believes, or ought to believe, that manifestations of powers follow upon the single event mentioned in the antecedent of the conditional independently of the circumstances.
Gist of Idea
Powers depend on circumstances, so can't be given a conditional analysis
Source
C.B. Martin (The Mind in Nature [2008], 02.4)
Book Reference
Martin,C.B.: 'The Mind in Nature' [OUP 2008], p.16
A Reaction
Another way of putting it would be that the behaviour of powers is more ceteris paribus than law.
Related Idea
Idea 15466 'The wire is live' can't be analysed as a conditional, because a wire can change its powers [Martin,CB]