Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'On the Very Idea of a Third Dogma' and 'Finkish dispositions'

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6 ideas

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]

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

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 / 9. Counterfactuals

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

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / a. Translation

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Translation is too flimsy a notion to support theories of cultural incommensurability [Quine]