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Ideas for Anaxarchus, Michael Martin and Sydney Shoemaker

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
15758 Things have powers in virtue of (which are entailed by) their properties [Shoemaker]
8547 One power can come from different properties; a thing's powers come from its properties [Shoemaker]
8549 Properties are functions producing powers, and powers are functions producing effects [Shoemaker]
15094 I now deny that properties are cluster of powers, and take causal properties as basic [Shoemaker]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
12678 Shoemaker says all genuine properties are dispositional [Shoemaker, by Ellis]
8545 A causal theory of properties focuses on change, not (say) on abstract properties of numbers [Shoemaker]
15757 'Square', 'round' and 'made of copper' show that not all properties are dispositional [Shoemaker]
15759 The identity of a property concerns its causal powers [Shoemaker]
15760 Properties are clusters of conditional powers [Shoemaker]
15762 Could properties change without the powers changing, or powers change without the properties changing? [Shoemaker]
8552 If properties are separated from causal powers, this invites total elimination [Shoemaker]
4040 The notions of property and of causal power are parts of a single system of related concepts [Shoemaker]
15765 Actually, properties are individuated by causes as well as effects [Shoemaker]
14534 Shoemaker moved from properties as powers to properties bestowing powers [Shoemaker, by Mumford/Anjum]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / b. Dispositions and powers
8548 Dispositional predicates ascribe powers, and the rest ascribe properties [Shoemaker]