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    Dispositional properties can remain unmanifested, so two ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Behaviorism implies that the mental supervenes on behavior.

    Dispositional properties can remain unmanifested, so two creatures may share all dispositions yet differ in categorical bases underlying those dispositions.

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    • 1.Dispositions are defined by counterfactual conditionals (what would happen if triggered), not by actual manifestations occurring.
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    • 2.Silicon-based and carbon-based systems could have identical behavioral dispositions despite utterly different physical substrates.
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    • 3.Multiple realizability in cognitive science shows mental dispositions can supervene on diverse neural architectures.
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    • 1.If two creatures truly share all dispositions, there is no principled way to differentiate their categorical bases without additional evidence.
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    • 2.Dispositions are grounded in categorical properties—claiming different bases without manifest differences violates explanatory parsimony.
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    • 3.Unmanifested dispositions become metaphysically idle if they produce no detectable difference, even in principle, from alternate bases.
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