dispositionn.
/dɪspəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/ I. The action or faculty of disposing, the condition of being disposed.
1. † b. Relative position; situation (of one thing). Obsolete.
a. The action of setting in order, or condition of being set in order; arrangement, order; relative position of the parts or elements of a whole.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun]
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allocation1846
enlodgement1884
siting1902
1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 24 It commeth of ye diuerse disposition of ye cloudes.
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. *3 In the natural disposition of numbers thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 140 The Disposition of the Strata.
1713 A. Pope Narr. Robert Norris 9 I then took a particular Survey of..the Furniture and Disposition of his Apartment.
1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful ii. §14. 60 Stonehenge, neither for disposition nor ornament, has any thing admirable.
1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 15 Single Trees and Bushes, in groups and open dispositions.
1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. vi. 122 Looking at the disposition of the Highland glens and straths.
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the world > space > relative position > [noun]
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setting?1523
disposition?1541
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posture1605
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presentation1833
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orientation1875
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Kj Where is the dysposicion of the yerde?
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 99 That..the Tracing-Pin be constantly held in the same Disposition, without varying its Point.
1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 102 Effestis..being opposed to the Sun, kindles Fire in Matter put in a Disposition for it.
c. Rhetoric and Logic. The due arrangement of the parts of an argument or discussion.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > arrangement of parts of argument
disposition1509
judgement1551
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure x. i The second parte of crafty Rethoryke Maye well be called Disposicion.
1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1567) 82 a Inuencion helpeth to finde matter, and Disposicion serueth to place argumentes.
1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick ii. 13 Ramus calls, the second part of Logick, Disposition. So doth Aristotle also,..where he requires of a Logician, to dispose singular things, by themselues: and, he saith, that, this disposition is proper to a Logician.
1788 G. S. Howard New Royal Encycl. II. 715 Disposition, in Logic, is that operation of the mind, whereby we put the ideas, operations, and arguments, which we have formed concerning our subject, into such an order as is fittest to gain the clearest knowledge of it, to retain it longest, and to explain it to others in the best manner; the effect of this is called method.
d. Architecture, etc. The due arrangement of the several parts of a building, esp. in reference to the general design: see quots.
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1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 14 I may now proceed to the Disposition thereof [i.e. of the matter], which must form the Work.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Disposition..in Architecture, is the just placing of all the several Parts of a Building, according to their proper Order.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 964 Disposition, one of the essentials of architecture. It is the arrangement of the whole design by means of ichnography (plan), orthography (section and elevation), and scenography (perspective view).
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 115 Disposition; a draught or drawing representing the several timbers that compose the frame of the ship, so that they may be properly disposed with respect to the ports, &c.
1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. III. 247 The general inclosure within walls, the disposition into courts..all have their analogies..in the monastic buildings.
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e. Military. See 2b.
2.
a. Arrangement (of affairs, measures, etc.), esp. for the accomplishment of a purpose; plan, preparation; condition or complexion of affairs.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > conduct of affairs or dealing with > definitely
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disposal1648
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxiv. 6 For with disposicioun me goth in to bataile; and helthe shal ben wher ben many counseilis.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 235 I craue fit disposition for my wife..Which such accomodation? and besort As leuels with her breeding. View more context for this quotation
1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 404. ¶1 In the Dispositions of Society, the civil Oeconomy is formed in a Chain as well as the natural.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. Introd. p. viii To judge, what particular Disposition of things, would be most..assistant to Virtue.
1814 F. Shoberl tr. J. Klaproth Trav. Caucasus & Georgia 3 My dispositions for the journey would soon have been completed.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire vi. 301 To observe..those secret dispositions of events which prepared the way for great changes.
b. Military. The arrangement of troops in preparation for a military operation: (a) (from sense 1) their actual arrangement in the field; (b) (from sense 2) their distribution, allocation, destination, etc.; plural military preparations or measures.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun]
field?1548
disposition1776
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 37 Having viewed the ill disposition of the Campe.
1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) II. 125 The Persian troops had been generally us'd to engage four and twenty men in depth, but Cyrus thought fit to change that disposition.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xxiv. 684 The military dispositions of Julian were skilfully contrived.
1799 J. Stuart in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 116 I have accordingly made a disposition to..defend my position.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 605 Having observed the disposition of the royal forces.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 242 Fabius made all his dispositions to repel the attempt to force a passage.
c. Nautical. (See quot. 1867.)
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Disposition, the arrangement of a ship's company for watches, quarters, reefing, furling, and other duties.
3. Ordering, control, management; direction, appointment; administration, dispensation; = disposal n. 1 (Cf. dispose v. 2, 7) archaic.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration
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managership1864
operation1872
operating1913
case management1918
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 477 (526) O god þat at þi disposicioun Ledest þe fyn by luste purueyaunce Of euery wyght.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Chron. xxiii. 18 Forsothe Joiada sette prouostis in the hous of the Lord..after the disposicyoun [a1425 L.V. by the ordynaunce] of Dauid.
1520 Chron. Eng. v. f. 56v/2 To submytte hym to the dyposycyon of God.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 214/1 Disposytion, disposition, govuernement, ordre.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts vii. 53 Who receiued the Law by the disposition of [so 1611: R.V. as it was ordained by (marg. or, as the ordinance of)] Angels, and haue not kept it.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 6 Which things by the just disposition of Almighty God, fell out according to the..desires of these holy persons.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 286 This seem'd to me to be a Disposition of immediate Providence.
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §14. 53 Inexpressibly thankful to receive this Law by the disposition of Angels.
4.
a. The action of disposing of, putting away, getting rid of, making over, etc. (see dispose v. 8); bestowal; spec. in Law, the action of disponing; bestowal or conveyance by deed or will.
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society > law > transfer of property > [noun]
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disposal1697
conveyancing1714
transference1766
disposition1861
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 269 She [i.e. Nature] preferreth no degree As in the disposicion Of bodely complexion.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ddiii Touchyng the disposicion of his goodnes [Fr. ses biens] after his deth.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 507/2 in Chron. I The dispositioun of officis vacand.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 497. ⁋2 The wanton disposition of the favours of the powerful.
1795 G. Wythe Decis. Cases Virginia 5 His wife could make no disposition of the personal estate.
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 292 A disposition is an unilateral deed of alienation, by which a right to property, either heritable or moveable, is conveyed.
1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 27 47 The point which is said to remain for disposition when the case is heard.
b. Power of disposing of; disposal, control: esp. in phrase at (in, etc.) one's disposition (= disposal n. 4).
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society > authority > [noun] > authority to deal with as one pleases
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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 2 Aprochen gan the fatal destyne That loues hath in disposicioun.
1406 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 13 At the dysposicion of myn Executours.
1529 Cdl. Wolsey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 12 Yf I may have the free gyft and dyssposycion of the benefyces.
1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Wks. (1731) I. 110 The Lieutenants of Ireland since the Duke of Ormond's Time have had little in their Disposition here.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 255 The choice of action or of repose is no longer in our disposition.
1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey iii. 31 [He] had at his disposition no inconsiderable sums of money.
II. The way or manner in which a thing has been disposed, or is situated or constituted.† 5. Astrology.† b. The state of being ‘disposed of’ (see dispose v. 8a). Obsolete.† c. The nature or constitution of a planet or sign, in relation to its alleged influence or effects.† 8. Physical constitution, nature, or permanent condition. Obsolete.† 10. † b. Normal or natural condition (of mind or body). Obsolete. rare. (Cf. indisposition n. = deranged condition.)
a. The situation of a planet in a horoscope, as supposed to determine the nature or fortune of a person, or the course of events. Obsolete.
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the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > situation of
dispositionc1386
c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 229 Som wikke aspect or disposition Of Saturne.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 699 Astrology Quhar-throu clerkis..May knaw coniunctione of planetis..And of the hevyn all halely How that the disposicioune [1489 Adv. dispositioun] Suld apon thingis virk heir doune.
a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. C2v A booke where I might see al..planets..that I might knowe their motions and dispositions.
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1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. lxxxii. 447 See if the more ponderous Planet of the two, that is, the receiver of the Disposition be in any angle but the fourth.
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the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > nature of
dispositionc1386
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 701 Mercurie loueth wysdam and science And Venus loueth ryot and dispence. And for hire diuerse disposicioun, Ech falleth in otheres exaltacioun.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 114 His nativite Hath take upon the proprete Of Martis disposicion.
6. Natural tendency or bent of the mind, esp. in relation to moral or social qualities; mental constitution or temperament; turn of mind.Possibly of astrological origin: cf. the description of dispositions as saturnine, jovial, martial, venereal, mercurial.
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the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun]
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where it's (he's, she's) at1967
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 113 Nouȝt by chaungynge of body, but by chaungynge of disposicioun of wit and of semynge.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 19 After the disposition Of glotony and dronkeship.
1475 Bk. Noblesse 51 If suche prophesies and influence of the seide constellacions might be trew, yet..havyng a clene soule, may turne the contrarie disposicion that jugement of constellacion or prophesies signified.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 266 Men of honeste and vertuous disposition.
1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. ii. §81. 472/2 A man he was of a fierce, bloody, and faithless disposition.
1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1789) I. xvii. 128 Congenial with the phlegm and saturnine dispositions of the English.
1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 136 The belief..that the motions of the stars, and the dispositions and fortunes of men, may come under some common conceptions and laws.
1841 G. P. R. James Corse de Leon I. i. 10 His disposition was naturally cheerful and bright.
7. † b. A frame of mind or feeling; mood, humour.
a. The state or quality of being disposed, inclined, or ‘in the mind’ (to something, or to do something); inclination (sometimes = desire, intention, purpose); state of mind or feeling in respect to a thing or person; the condition of being (favourably or unfavourably) disposed towards. (In plural formerly sometimes = mental tendencies or qualities; hence nearly = sense 6.)
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun]
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun]
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1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 62 They take logginge in the town After the disposition Where as him thoughte best to dwelle.
1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 96 If thei do it of her owne disposicion.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diiiv He requyreth but onely a disposicion in the person..that he be repentaunt.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 106 But come, now I will be your Rosalind in a more comming-on disposition . View more context for this quotation
1625 J. Mede Let. 17 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 199 Those..that know best her dispositions are very hopefull his Majestie will have power to bring her to his own religion.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxii. 134 Testiness is a disposition or aptness to be angry.
1754 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) iv. 28 Go on, my dear child, in the admirable dispositions you have towards all that is right and good.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds ix. 121 There was a general disposition to remain.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vii. 253 A pleasant disposition to make the best of all she saw.
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the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > temporary state of mind, mood > [noun]
moodOE
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frame1579
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à la mode1654
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > state of feeling or mood > [noun]
moodOE
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spite1735
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1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. i. 23 I rose up with as melancholy a Disposition as ever I had in my Life.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. iii. 22 The Footman and Post-boy were in a different Disposition . View more context for this quotation
1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 67 If he is admitted in his present disposition, the whole secret will certainly out.
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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > [noun]
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kindc1300
complexion1398
habitudec1400
disposition1477
constitution1553
corporature1555
habit1576
composition1578
temper1601
composure1628
schesis1684
stamina1701
habitus1886
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 55 If ye Iuge the disposicion of my body after the colour of my face ye be gretly abused.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vi. f. 29v Rather by the disposition of the earthe, then constitucion of heauen.
1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 365 Considering the weake disposition of your bodie.
1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. xiv. 224 Hippocrates pronounced the people of the North to be of a leane & dry disposition.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 3/2 A constant unchangeable Disposition of Air above all the rest of the World.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. v. 228 The disposition of trees may, however, be changed gradually in many instances.
9. † b. Aptness or capacity for doing something; aptitude, skill. Obsolete. rare.
a. Physical aptitude, tendency, or inclination (to something, or to do something).
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > to some physical condition or action
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disposition1398
propension1612
propensitya1623
bias1819
perpensity1871
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. xix. 65 To make the wytte of smellynge perfyte it nedyth to haue..good dysposicions in the nosethryllis.
?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Aiij, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens We shall treate in this present boke the dysposycyons which augmenteth the vlcere.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Disposition to slepe or wake, cataphora.
1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 32 Disposition..sometimes it is largely used for all fitness to any thing..as when water waxeth warm, it is said to have a disposition to heat.
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. ii. i. 120 The different dispositions of wool, silk, etc. to unite with the colouring particles.
1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 97 The disposition to form wens prevails frequently in many parts of the body at the same time.
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the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > ability or talent
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virtuea1425
kindnessc1425
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talent1602
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1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 27 Yet did he admire their order..their disposition to handle the pike, and their strict obedience.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 98 You can shave, and dress a wig a little, La Fleur?—He had all the dispositions in the world.
a. Physical condition or state; state of bodily health. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > [noun]
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disease1526
affection?1541
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valetude1623
tift1717
situation1749
condition1798
fix1816
shape1865
fig1883
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 103 I foond þe sike of bettere disposicioun..& he spak bettere.
?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Bivv, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Of other vlceres wherin no corrupte affection or dysposition (that the Grekes call Cacoetes) is adioyned.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales vi. vi. 130 Cocceius Nerua..being in perfect disposition of body, resolued with himselfe to die.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Habitude L'habitude du corps, the estate, plight, liking, or disposition of the bodie.
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. xxx. 280 Being surprised by an ill disposition of health.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 370 Any inflammatory Disposition of the Coat of the Nerve.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] > original or natural condition
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c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 58 As soone as a membre is brouȝt to his kyndeli disposicioun.]
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 19 This solitarinesse is profitable and necessary for the disposition of the minde, so verie often is it hurtfull to the health of the bodie.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 36 The Pilot, seeing him restored to his disposition, caused [etc.].
Compounds
In Philosophy, as disposition-concept, disposition-term, disposition-word.
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1936 R. Carnap in Philos. Sci. 3 440 Let us consider the question whether the so-called disposition-concepts can be defined.
1936 R. Carnap in Philos. Sci. 3 448 In the case of a disposition-term, the reduction cannot be replaced by a definition.
1949 G. Ryle Concept of Mind ii. 44 Many disposition-concepts are determinable concepts.
1958 Aspects of Translation 54 One may use the language of linguistic philosophers, and talk about disposition-words.
1965 P. Caws Philos. of Sci. viii. 54 Carnap..restricts the applicability of disposition terms.
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