Dispositional pluralism / Jennifer McKitrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKitrick, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Object (Philosophy).

Disposition (Philosophy).

Property--Philosophy.

Property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Jennifer McKitrick offers an opinionated guide to the philosophy of dispositions. In her view, when an object has a disposition, it is such that, if a certain type of circumstance were to occur, a certain kind of event would occur. Since this is very common for this to be the case, dispositions are an abundant and diverse feature of our world.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Dispositional Pluralism

2. Failure of Conceptual Analysis

3. Abundant Properties

4. Metaphysics of Dispositional Pluralism

5. Manifestations

6. Triggers

7. Ungrounded Dispositions

8. Extrinsic Dispositions

9. Causal Efficacy of Dispositions

10. Causal Relevance

11. Against Necessitarianism

12. Conclusion.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780191027635

0191027634

9780191787317

0191787310

9780191027628

0191027626