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[from 'The Universe as We Find It' by John Heil, in 8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties ]

Full Idea

In my account of properties they are at once qualitative and dispositional: properties are powerful qualities.

Gist of Idea

Properties are both qualitative and dispositional - they are powerful qualities

Source

John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 05.1)

Book Reference

Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.84


A Reaction

I have never managed to understand what Heil means by 'qualities'. Is he talking about the phenomenal aspects of powers? Does he mean categorical properties. I can't find an ontological space for his things to slot into.