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Ideas for 'From an Ontological Point of View', 'Science and Hypothesis' and 'What is a Law of Nature?'

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

7023	Powers or dispositions are usually seen as caused by lower-level qualities [Heil]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions

7025	Are a property's dispositions built in, or contingently added? [Heil]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers

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Actualism means that ontology cannot contain what is merely physically possible [Armstrong]

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Dispositions exist, but their truth-makers are actual or categorical properties [Armstrong]

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If everything is powers there is a vicious regress, as powers are defined by more powers [Armstrong]