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Ideas for Herodotus, David M. Armstrong and Roy Ellen
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
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Properties are not powers - they just have powers [Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions
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To be realists about dispositions, we can only discuss them through their categorical basis [Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers
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Actualism means that ontology cannot contain what is merely physically possible [Armstrong]
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Dispositions exist, but their truth-makers are actual or categorical properties [Armstrong]
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If everything is powers there is a vicious regress, as powers are defined by more powers [Armstrong]
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Powers must result in some non-powers, or there would only be potential without result [Armstrong]
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How does the power of gravity know the distance it acts over? [Armstrong]
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