Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Herodotus, Willard Quine and John Dewey

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions

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Either dispositions rest on structures, or we keep saying 'all things being equal' [Quine]

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Once we know the mechanism of a disposition, we can eliminate 'similarity' [Quine]

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

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Explain unmanifested dispositions as structural similarities to objects which have manifested them [Quine, by Martin,CB]

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We judge things to be soluble if they are the same kind as, or similar to, things that do dissolve [Quine]