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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions

14308	We can bring dispositions into existence, as in creating an identifier [Dennett, by Mumford]
	Full Idea: We can bring a real disposition into existence, as in Dennett's case of a piece of cardboard torn in half, so that two strangers can infallibly identify one another.
	From: report of Daniel C. Dennett (Consciousness Explained [1991], p.376) by Stephen Mumford - Dispositions 03.7 n37
	A reaction: Presumably human artefacts in general qualify as sets of dispositions which we have created.