Dispositions: A Debate (International Library of Philosophy) - Hardcover

Martin, C.B.; Armstrong, D.M.; Place, U.T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415144329 ISBN 13: 9780415144322

Verlag: Routledge, 1996

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An extended dialogue between three distinguished philosophers on the many problems associated with dispositions which is then linked to other issues, such as the nature of mind, matter, universals, existence, laws of nature and causation.

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D M Armstrong (University of Sydney, Emeritus), Professor of Philosophy C B Martin (Formerly University of Calgary), The Late U T Place (University of Leeds (deceased), Professor of Philosophy Tim Crane (University of Cambridge)

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'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 the nature of dispositions between three distinguished philosophers - D. M. Armstrong, C. B. Martin and U. T. Place - who have been thinking about dispositions all their working lives. Their distinctive accounts cover many of the issues surrounding dispositions such as the nature of mind, matter, universals, existence, laws of nature and causation. Dispositions illuminates this central topic in analytic philosophy and at the same time highlights deeper concerns of metaphysics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415144329
• ISBN 13: 9780415144322
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Herausgeber: Crane Tim
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Routledge; https://www.routledge-ny.com/; ; Stockst?dter Str. 20; Gro?ostheim; Bayern; Deutschland