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'Natural Kinds', 'Syntagma' and 'Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes
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If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi]
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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]
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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]
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