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All the ideas for 'Preface to 'De Revolutionibus'', 'Paper of December 1676' and 'A World of Dispositions'

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / e. Dispositions as potential

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All structures are dispositional, objects are dispositions sets, and events manifest dispositions [Fetzer]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object

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All events and objects are dispositional, and hence all structural properties are dispositional [Fetzer]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

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Facts should be deducible from the theory and initial conditions, and prefer the simpler theory [Osiander, by Harré/Madden]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 7. Zombies

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It's impossible, but imagine a body carrying on normally, but with no mind [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds

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Kinds are arrangements of dispositions [Fetzer]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities

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Lawlike sentences are general attributions of disposition to all members of some class [Fetzer]