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Ideas for 'Natural Kinds', 'De rebus naturalibus' and 'Causal Explanation'

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

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A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella]

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A disposition needs a causal basis, a property in a certain causal role. Could the disposition be the property? [Lewis]

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

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Once we know the mechanism of a disposition, we can eliminate 'similarity' [Quine]

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

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We judge things to be soluble if they are the same kind as, or similar to, things that do dissolve [Quine]