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Ideas for 'Causal Explanation', 'On the Source of Necessity' and 'What do powers do when they are not manifested?'

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

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Powers are claimed to be basic because fundamental particles lack internal structure [Psillos]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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A disposition needs a causal basis, a property in a certain causal role. Could the disposition be the property? [Lewis]