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All the ideas for 'works', 'works' and 'Finkish dispositions'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

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The distinction between dispositional and 'categorical' properties leads to confusion [Lewis]

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

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All dispositions must have causal bases [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional

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A 'finkish' disposition is real, but disappears when the stimulus occurs [Lewis]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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Backtracking counterfactuals go from supposed events to their required causal antecedents [Lewis]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

7667	There are two sides to men - the pleasantly social, and the violent and creative [Diderot, by Berlin]