Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Wisdom', 'The Secret Connexion' and 'A World of Dispositions'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

19695

The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled [Whitcomb]

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

15797

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

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

15800

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

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

15798

Kinds are arrangements of dispositions [Fetzer]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction

8338	A phenomenalist about objects has to be a regularity theorist about causation [Strawson,G]

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]