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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

14329	Some dispositional properties (such as mental ones) may have no categorical base [Price,HH]
	Full Idea: There is no a priori necessity for supposing that all disposition properties must have a 'categorical base'. In particular, there may be some mental dispositions which are ultimate.
	From: H.H. Price (Thinking and Experience [1953], Ch.XI)
	A reaction: I take the notion that mental dispositions could be ultimate as rather old-fashioned, but I agree with the notion that dispositions might be more fundamental that categorical (actual) properties. Personally I like 'powers'.