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'Three Varieties of Knowledge', 'Finkish dispositions' and 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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17th C qualities are either microphysical, or phenomenal, or powers [Pasnau]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
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17th century authors only recognised categorical properties, never dispositions [Pasnau]
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The distinction between dispositional and 'categorical' properties leads to confusion [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes
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The biggest question for scholastics is whether properties are real, or modes of substances [Pasnau]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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All dispositions must have causal bases [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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There is no centralised power, but we still need essence for a metaphysical understanding [Pasnau]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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Instead of adding Aristotelian forms to physical stuff, one could add dispositions [Pasnau]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
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Scholastics reject dispositions, because they are not actual, as forms require [Pasnau]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional
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A 'finkish' disposition is real, but disappears when the stimulus occurs [Lewis]
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