Dispositions and Powers - Couverture souple

Friend, Toby

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1009113011 ISBN 13 : 9781009113014

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2023

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. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009113011
• ISBN 13: 9781009113014
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 92
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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