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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers

13602	We cannot form an idea of a 'power', and the word is without meaning [Hume]
	Full Idea: We can have no idea of connexion or power at all, and these words are absolutely without any meaning.
	From: David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], 7.2.58)
	A reaction: I would say that this ignores a phenomenon of which Hume is well aware, which is the power of our own minds to generate thoughts and actions. Hume seems to be employing a verificationist theory of meaning