Disentangling Dispositions from Powers

Many powers-realists assume that the powers of objects are identical with the dispositions of objects and, hence, that 'power' and 'disposition' are interchangeable. In this article, I aim to disentangle dispositions from powers with the goal of getting a better sense of how powers and dispositions relate to one another. I present and defend a modest realism about dispositions built upon a standard strong realism about powers. I argue that each correct disposition-ascription we can make of an object is made true by the manifestations towards which a given power or collection of powers of the object is directed

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