Single Idea 23780

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers]

Full Idea

On the model of powers I prefer, every possible state of affairs that can arise is written into the powers that would constitute them.

Gist of Idea

Every possible state of affairs is written into its originating powers

Source

Neil E. Williams (The Powers Metaphysics [2019], 04.3)

Book Reference

Williams,Neil E.: 'The Powers Metaphysics' [OUP 2019], p.93


A Reaction

I can't make any sense of 'written into', any more than I could when Leibniz proposed roughly the same thing about monads. I presume he means that any state of affairs which ever arises is the expression of the intrinsic nature of powers.

Related Idea

Idea 19405 Substances are in harmony, because they each express the one reality in themselves [Leibniz]