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    Challenges→A causal basis for a disposition D is a property or property-complex P such that, given the laws of nature, whenever an object x has P and undergoes the characteristic stimulus of D, it is causally necessary that x exhibits the characteristic manifestation of D.

    If the manifestation depends irreducibly on the reciprocal interplay of multiple disposition partners, no single property P in the bearer can be the causally sufficient basis alone.

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    • 1.Manifestations of powers (e.g., solubility) empirically require reciprocal partner involvement, not just intrinsic properties.
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    • 2.If P alone sufficed causally, the manifestation would occur identically regardless of partner properties, contradicting observed contingency.
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    • 3.Intrinsic properties describe what an object is independently; relational manifestations require mutual structural fit between partners.
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    • 1.A property's causal role can be sufficient for its part while other conditions remain necessary—sufficiency doesn't require solo causation.
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    • 2.The claim conflates 'reciprocal involvement' with 'no single property is causally sufficient,' but interdependence doesn't eliminate partial causation.
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    • 3.Partner properties may be enabling conditions rather than co-causes; P might still be the core sufficient basis for manifestation potential.
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    Key Terms

    Disposition(as used in metaphysics)
    A tendency or potential for something to behave in a certain way under specific conditions—like how sugar has the disposition to dissolve when placed in water.
    Irreducibly(describing how 'mass' appears in Newton's second law)
    In a way that cannot be broken down into simpler parts; something that has to remain as is.
    bearer(as used in metaphysics)
    The thing that has or carries a property. For example, a rose is the bearer of the property 'redness.'
    causally sufficient basis(as used in metaphysics/causation)
    Enough on its own to make something happen or cause an effect; if something is causally sufficient, it's all you need for the result to occur.
    disposition partners(as used in metaphysics of powers)
    Other things or properties that work together with a disposition to make something happen; you need both sides of the relationship for the effect to occur.
    manifestation(Domain of speech; contrasted with denotation and signification)
    The relation of a proposition to the subject who utters it; the expression of the 'I' as origin of speech.
    property(Locke's demonstration of the moral proposition 'Where there is no property, there is no injustice.')
    A right to something.
    reciprocal interplay(as used in metaphysics)
    A back-and-forth relationship where multiple things influence and affect each other mutually, not in just one direction.

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