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All the ideas for 'reports', 'Elements of Mathematical Logic' and 'Dispositional Essentialism Grounds Laws of Nature?'

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4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 3. Many-Valued Logic

8942	Lukasiewicz's L3 logic has three truth-values, T, F and I (for 'indeterminate') [Lukasiewicz, by Fisher]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional

14348

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

14347

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

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent

14350

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

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment

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Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

14346

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