Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'reports', 'Nietzsche and Philosophy' and 'Finkish dispositions'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming

21899

There is no being beyond becoming [Deleuze]

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

15464

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

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

15463

All dispositions must have causal bases [Lewis]

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

15461

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

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

15462

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