Lexicon of Arguments

 

I 72
Disposition: stimulus is not a single event here, but a universal one. They are not two similar ones, but the repetition of the same.
I 386f
Disposition expressions: is an assumptions from detailed structure. Colors: "red" is actually also a disposition expression. These are rreducible general terms.
I 387
Praphraseable only through unreal conditional clauses.
V 20f
Disposition/Quine: Problem: you can define the conditions so narrowly that every event is unprecedented. Stich: then every action is a congenital disposition - absurd - Quine: then there is no difference between the disposition, behaving this way and the fact of behavior.
V 23
Definition Disposition: is the property of the object, by virtue of which the circumstances cause c to do a. Problem: the "virtue" is inexplicable.
V 24
You need a strong link between the dispositions (e.g. water solubility) and its update (e.g. the dissolving when in water).
V 25
Ryle: wants to assume disposition as a basic concept. Other authorsVs: Counterfactual conditional is used for explanation. >Counterfactual Conditional/Quine.
V 26
Dispositions/Quine: are a physical state (micro structure) or a mechanism, e.g. intelligence.
V 28
Problem: dependence on ceteris paribus sentences: means an elimination of disturbances.
V 30
Quine takes the nerve path itself to be a disposition.
V 40
Solution for ceteris-paribus/disturbance: ask what pairs of stimuli the person finds most similar.