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All the ideas for 'On Being (frags)', 'Finkish dispositions' and 'Papers of 1913'

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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 / 1. Possibility

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Only the actual exists, so possibilities always reduce to actuality after full analysis [Russell]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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