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Ideas for 'works', 'The Origin of Forms and Qualities' and 'Causal Structuralism'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

15965

Boyle attacked a contemporary belief that powers were occult things [Boyle, by Alexander,P]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

15127

A categorical basis could hardly explain a disposition if it had no powers of its own [Hawthorne]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties

15124

If properties are more than their powers, we could have two properties with the same power [Hawthorne]

15123

Is the causal profile of a property its essence? [Hawthorne]

15122

Could two different properties have the same causal profile? [Hawthorne]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions

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In the 17th century, 'disposition' usually just means the spatial arrangement of parts [Boyle, by Pasnau]