Dispositions and Powers (Elements in Metaphysics)
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- Synopsis
- As we understand them, dispositions are relatively uncontroversial 'predicatory' properties had by objects disposed in certain ways. By contrast, powers are hypothetical 'ontic' properties posited in order to explain dispositional behaviour. Chapter 1 outlines this distinction in more detail. Chapter 2 offers a summary of the issues surrounding analysis of dispositions and various strategies in contemporary literature to address them, including one of our own. Chapter 3 describes some of the important questions facing the metaphysics of powers including why they're worth positing, and how they might metaphysically explain laws of nature and modality.
- Copyright:
- 2023
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781009122146
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781009113014
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 07/04/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Toby Friend and Samuel Kimpton-Nye
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy
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- This is a copyrighted book.