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Dispositions and Powers

Dispositions and Powers

Dispositions and Powers

Toby Friend, University of Bristol
Samuel Kimpton-Nye, University of Bristol
July 2023
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    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. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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    July 2023
    Paperback
    9781009113014
    75 pages
    230 × 150 × 6 mm
    0.156kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Dispositions
    • 3. Powers
    • References.
      Authors
    • Toby Friend , University of Bristol
    • Samuel Kimpton-Nye , University of Bristol