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Ideas for 'Isagoge ('Introduction')', 'Scientific Essentialism' and 'Eudemian Ethics'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

13580

Causal powers must necessarily act the way they do [Ellis]

13598

Causal powers are often directional (e.g. centripetal, centrifugal, circulatory) [Ellis]

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

13568

Basic powers may not be explained by structure, if at the bottom level there is no structure [Ellis]

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Maybe dispositions can be explained by intrinsic properties or structures [Ellis]

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

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The most fundamental properties of nature (mass, charge, spin ...) all seem to be dispositions [Ellis]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers

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A causal power is a disposition to produce forces [Ellis]

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Powers are dispositions of the essences of kinds that involve them in causation [Ellis]