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Dispositions : a debate /

'Why did the window break when it was hit by the stone? Because the window is brittle and the stone is hard; hardness and brittleness are powers, dispositional properties or dispositions.'. Dispositions are essential to our understanding of the world. This book is a record of the debate on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Armstrong, D. M. (David Malet), 1926-2014
Otros Autores: Martin, C. B. (Charles Burton), Place, U. T. (Ullin Thomas), 1924-2000, Crane, Tim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Colección:International library of philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter INTRODUCTION
  • part Part I THE ARMSTRONG-PLACE DEBATE
  • chapter 1 DISPOSITIONS AS CATEGORICAL STATES / D.M. Armstrong
  • chapter 2 DISPOSITIONS AS INTENTIONAL STATES / U.T. Place
  • chapter 3 PLACE'S AND ARMSTRONG'S VIEWS COMPARED AND CONTRASTED / D.M. Armstrong
  • chapter 4 A CONCEPTUALIST ONTOLOGY / U.T. Place
  • part Part II THE MARTIN-ARMSTRONG-PLACE DEBATE
  • chapter 5 PROPERTIES AND DISPOSITIONS / C.B. Martin
  • chapter 6 REPLY TO MARTIN / D.M. Armstrong
  • chapter 7 STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
  • Categorical, dispositional or both? / U.T. Place
  • chapter 8 REPLIES TO ARMSTRONG AND PLACE / C.B. Martin
  • chapter 9 SECOND REPLY TO MARTIN / D.M. Armstrong
  • chapter 10 CONCEPTUALISM AND THE ONTOLOGICAL INDEPENDENCE OF CAUSE AND EFFECT / U.T. Place
  • chapter 11 FINAL REPLIES TO PLACE AND ARMSTRONG / C.B. Martin.