@article{Bird2007-BIRTRO,pages = {513--534},author = {Alexander Bird},title = {The Regress of Pure Powers?},number = {229},abstract = {Dispositional monism is the view that natural properties and relations are `pure powers'. It is objected that dispositional monism involves some kind of vicious or otherwise unpalatable regress or circularity. I examine ways of making this objection precise. The most pressing interpretation is that is fails to make the identities of powers determinate. I demonstrate that this objection is in error. It does however puts certain constraints on what the structure of fundamental properties is like. I show what a satisfactory structure would be.},year = {2007},journal = {Philosophical Quarterly},volume = {57}}@