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Full Idea
Ellis allows categoricals alongside powers, …to influence the sort of manifestations produced by powers. He lists structures, arrangements, distances, orientations, and magnitudes.
Gist of Idea
Categoricals exist to influence powers. Such as structures, orientations and magnitudes
Source
report of Brian Ellis (The Metaphysics of Scientific Realism [2009]) by Neil E. Williams - The Powers Metaphysics 05.2
Book Ref
Williams,Neil E.: 'The Powers Metaphysics' [OUP 2019], p.163
A Reaction
I would have thought that all of these could be understood as manifestations of powers. The odd one out is distances, but then space and time are commonly overlooked in every attempt to produce a complete ontology. [also Molnar 2003:164].