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Ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'On Copernicanism and Relativity of Motion' and 'Critique of Pure Reason'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
Kant claims causal powers are relational rather than intrinsic [Kant, by Bayne]
     Full Idea: Kant argues that an object's causal powers are not intrinsic to it but feature among its relational properties.
     From: report of Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781]) by Tim Bayne - Thought: a very short introduction Ch.7
     A reaction: [He doesn't give a reference for this] Put in this simple way, rather than obfuscated by Kant's arcane lexis, this sounds utterly false to me. Giving relations and functions explains nothing. How are those relations and functions possible?