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All the ideas for 'Space and Time', 'Dispositional Essentialism Grounds Laws of Nature?' and 'Why coherence is not enough'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional
14348 An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry]
14347 A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent
14350 If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry]
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / a. Agrippa's trilemma
8840 There are five possible responses to the problem of infinite regress in justification [Cleve]
13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / a. Foundationalism
8841 Modern foundationalists say basic beliefs are fallible, and coherence is relevant [Cleve]
14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
14351 Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
14346 Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry]
27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 6. Space-Time
14014 Space alone, and time alone, will fade away, and only their union has an independent reality [Minkowski]