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    It is not the case that Dispositional properties like fragility or solubility can be real and possessed even when never manifested, as Ryle and later Mumford argue.

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    • 1.Unmanifested dispositions lack empirical content: they make no observable difference and thus violate empiricist constraints on meaning.
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    • 2.We can fully explain fragility and solubility through categorical properties and conditionals without positing hidden dispositional entities.
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    • 3.Attributing infinite unmanifested dispositions multiplies entities beyond necessity, violating parsimony without explanatory gain.
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    • 1.Objects possess intrinsic causal powers independent of whether those powers are ever actualized in the world.
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    • 2.Denying unmanifested dispositions leads to counterintuitive conclusions: a fragile object ceases being fragile when isolated.
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    • 3.Science posits dispositional properties (mass, charge, spin) as real explanatory features even when inactive or undetectable.
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