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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.

    Thus the claim's demand for a property-complex P in x sufficient for the manifestation mislocates causal sufficiency by ignoring the relational, partner-dependent structure of causal production.

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    Key Terms

    Property-complex(as used in metaphysics)
    A combination or bundle of multiple properties working together, rather than just a single characteristic.
    causal production(as used in causality and epistemology)
    When one thing directly causes another thing to happen or come into being.
    causal sufficiency(Causal modeling and directed acyclic graphs (DAGs))
    A set of variables V is causally sufficient if there is no variable W omitted from V such that, if added to V, it would be a direct cause of two variables already in V.
    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.
    relational, partner-dependent structure

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