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Ideas for 'Rationality', 'Nature's Metaphysics' and 'Writings from Late Notebooks'

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

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Only real powers are fundamental [Bird, by Mumford/Anjum]

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

9450	If all properties are potencies, and stimuli and manifestation characterise them, there is a regress [Bird]

9498	The essence of a potency involves relations, e.g. mass, to impressed force and acceleration [Bird]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional

9474	A disposition is finkish if a time delay might mean the manifestation fizzles out [Bird]

9475	A robust pot attached to a sensitive bomb is not fragile, but if struck it will easily break [Bird]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent

9499	Megarian actualists deny unmanifested dispositions [Bird]