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Full Idea
In broad terms: powers are properties that necessitate dispositions.
Gist of Idea
Powers are properties which necessitate dispositions
Source
Friend/Kimpton-Nye (Dispositions and Powers [2023], 3.2)
Book Ref
Friend/Kimpton-Nye: 'Dispositions and Powers' [CUP 2023], p.46
A Reaction
If powers are properties then they must be properties 'of' something, which then seems to be more fundamental than the powers. Maybe our concept of an electron helps, which seems to be a bundle of a few properties, but no one even asks 'of' what.