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Ideas of Richard Corry, by Text

[Australian, fl. 2010, At the University of Tasmania.]

2010	Dispositional Essentialism Grounds Laws of Nature?

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p.2

14346

Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus

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p.3

14347

A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus

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p.3

14348

An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it

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p.6

14350

If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature

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p.8

14351

Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities