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  1. Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1933), vol. 1, pp. 264–78. All references are to this volume. The analysis has been reprinted in H. Feigl and W. Sellars,Readings in Philosophical Analysis (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1949).

  2. The complicated chemical processes, involving a great many steps, by which some substances are synthesized, suggest themselves. E.g., in coal tar, the first-order dispositions of silk are 1+n-order dispositions, wheren represents the number of steps involved in making silk out of coal tar.

  3. If Broad sometimes seems to be referring to the defining characteristics of any substance when he speaks of supreme dispositions, he at other times seems to be referring to something different, possibly to the defining characteristics of simple substances. To deal adequately with all that Broad says on this subject would be a rather lengthy enterprise.

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Tomas, V. Broad on “Supreme Dispositions”. Philos Stud 2, 81–85 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02198518

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