Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Quining Qualia' and 'Human Freedom and Divine choice'

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3 ideas

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

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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The essence is the necessary properties, and the concept includes what is contingent [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / a. Nature of qualia

6624	Dennett denies the existence of qualia [Dennett, by Lowe]