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Full Idea
It is no surprise that talk of dispositions, capacities, abilities, tendencies, powers, and potentialities are part of our everyday interactions. …I have in mind a basic set of powers, the sort which underlie all of these.
Gist of Idea
There are basic powers, which underlie dispositions, potentialities, capacities etc
Source
Neil E. Williams (The Powers Metaphysics [2019], 03.1)
Book Ref
Williams,Neil E.: 'The Powers Metaphysics' [OUP 2019], p.47
A Reaction
This strikes me as the correct picture. It is misleading say that a ball has a 'power' to roll smoothly. The powers are inside the ball.