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Ideas from 'The Roots of Reference' by Willard Quine [1990], by Theme Structure

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
14296 Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term