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Ideas for 'Externalism/Internalism', 'Intermediate Logic' and 'Dispositional Essentialism Grounds Laws of Nature?'

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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 4. Formal Relations / a. Types of relation
A relation is not reflexive, just because it is transitive and symmetrical [Bostock]
Relations can be one-many (at most one on the left) or many-one (at most one on the right) [Bostock]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional
An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry]
A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry]