Are physical properties dispositions?

Philosophy of Science 62 (1):141-149 (1995)
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Averill (1990) argues that not every property is a disposition. I claim here that his reasoning is faulty, suffering at one point from a logical error and at other points from an inadequate account of counterfactuals.

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Counterfactuals.David Lewis - 1973 - Philosophy of Science 42 (3):341-344.
Fact, Fiction, and Forecast.Nelson Goodman - 1955 - Philosophy 31 (118):268-269.
In defense of dispositions.D. H. Mellor - 1974 - Philosophical Review 83 (2):157-181.
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