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All the ideas for 'In Praed.', 'Dispositional Essentialism Grounds Laws of Nature?' and 'fragments/reports'

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7 ideas

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

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A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry]

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An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent

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If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

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Substance is an intrinsic thing, so parts of substances can't also be intrinsic things [Duns Scotus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment

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Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry]