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'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Dispositions and Powers' and 'On the Concept of Number'
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
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Powers are properties which necessitate dispositions [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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Dispositional essentialism (unlike the grounding view) says only fundamental properties are powers [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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A power is a property which consists entirely of dispositions [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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Powers are qualitative properties which fully ground dispositions [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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Dispositions have directed behaviour which occurs if triggered [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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'Masked' dispositions fail to react because something intervenes [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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A disposition is 'altered' when the stimulus reverses the disposition [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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A disposition is 'mimicked' if a different cause produces that effect from that stimulus [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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A 'trick' can look like a stimulus for a disposition which will happen without it [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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Some dispositions manifest themselves without a stimulus [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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We could analyse dispositions as 'possibilities', with no mention of a stimulus [Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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