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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties

14413	Some properties seem to be primitive, but others can be analysed [Merricks]
	Full Idea: Some properties (perhaps negative charge, or the relation of identity) admit of no analysis, and so are primitive. But others are analysable, and so not primitive
	From: Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 7.I)

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional

14416	An object can have a disposition when the revelant conditional is false [Merricks]
	Full Idea: It is possible for an object to have a disposition even though the relevant conditional is false.
	From: Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 7.III)
	A reaction: This is the now standard observation that finks (killing the disposition) and antidotes (blocking the effect of the disposition) can intervene, as in safety mechanisms in electrical gadgets. There may be replies available here.