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'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Existentialism: an introduction' and 'Treatise of Human Nature'
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
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Power is the possibility of action, as discovered by experience [Hume]
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There may well be powers in things, with which we are quite unacquainted [Hume]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
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We have no idea of powers, because we have no impressions of them [Hume]
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The distinction between a power and its exercise is entirely frivolous [Hume]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism
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Momentary impressions are wrongly identified with one another on the basis of resemblance [Hume, by Quine]
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If we see a resemblance among objects, we apply the same name to them, despite their differences [Hume]
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