Full Idea
We should think in terms of dispositions in terms of the manifestation alone - not as a disposition to ...if..., but as a disposition to ..., full stop.
Gist of Idea
We should think of dispositions as 'to do' something, not as 'to do something, if ....'
Source
Barbara Vetter (Potentiality [2015], 1.7)
Book Reference
Vetter,Barbara: 'Potentiality: from Dispositions to Modality' [OUP 2015], p.30
A Reaction
This way of individuating dispositions seems plausible. Some dispositions only have one trigger, but others have many. All sorts of things are inclined to trigger a human smile, but we are just disposed to smile. Some people smile at disasters.