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    It is not the case that Causal powers ontology (Molnar, Bird) grounds dispositional properties in objects without invoking substantial forms as metaphysically primitive.

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    • 1.Grounding dispositions in causal powers merely relocates the problem—what grounds the powers themselves if not substantial forms?
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    • 2.The claim that powers avoid invoking substantial forms is undermined if powers are themselves treated as primitive metaphysical features.
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    • 3.Without appeal to intrinsic categorical bases, causal powers risk collapsing into bare dispositionalism, leaving objects explanatorily hollow.
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    • 1.Causal powers avoid positing substantial forms by grounding dispositions in intrinsic properties objects actually possess.
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    • 2.This approach preserves dispositional realism while maintaining parsimony—no multiply realized essences needed.
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    • 3.Powers explain why objects behave as they do without retreating to mysterious intrinsic natures independent of causation.
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