Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Anaxarchus, David Lewis and Tertullian
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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If dispositions are more fundamental than causes, then they won't conceptually reduce to them [Bird on Lewis]
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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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Lewisian properties have powers because of their relationships to other properties [Lewis, by Hawthorne]
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A disposition needs a causal basis, a property in a certain causal role. Could the disposition be the property? [Lewis]
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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]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
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Most properties are causally irrelevant, and we can't spot the relevant ones. [Lewis]
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