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Ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Essence and Potentiality' and 'Why Reason Can't be Naturalized'

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

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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Essence is a thing's necessities, but what about its possibilities (which may not be realised)? [Vetter]