The Resource Dispositions, Stephen Mumford
Dispositions, Stephen Mumford
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The item Dispositions, Stephen Mumford represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- Stephen Mumford puts forward a new theory of dispositions, showing how central their role in metaphysics and philosophy of science is. Much of our understanding of the physical and psychological world is expressed in terms of dispositional properties - from the spin of a subatomic particle and the solubility of sugar to a person's belief that zebras have stripes. Mumford discusses what it means to say that something has a property of this kind, and how dispositions can possibly be real things in the world. They have seemed to many to reside on the fringes of actuality, waiting to manifest themselves; Mumford's clear, straightforward, realist account reveals them to be far less enigmatic, and shows that an understanding of dispositions is essential to an understanding of properties, causation, and scientific laws
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 249 p.
- Contents
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- Threats and promises
- Dispositions in mind and matter
- The conditional analysis
- The dispositional-categorical distinction
- Isbn
- 9780198236115
- Label
- Dispositions
- Title
- Dispositions
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen Mumford
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Stephen Mumford puts forward a new theory of dispositions, showing how central their role in metaphysics and philosophy of science is. Much of our understanding of the physical and psychological world is expressed in terms of dispositional properties - from the spin of a subatomic particle and the solubility of sugar to a person's belief that zebras have stripes. Mumford discusses what it means to say that something has a property of this kind, and how dispositions can possibly be real things in the world. They have seemed to many to reside on the fringes of actuality, waiting to manifest themselves; Mumford's clear, straightforward, realist account reveals them to be far less enigmatic, and shows that an understanding of dispositions is essential to an understanding of properties, causation, and scientific laws
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mumford, Stephen
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BD374
- LC item number
- .M85 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Disposition (Philosophy)
- Label
- Dispositions, Stephen Mumford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-246) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Threats and promises -- Dispositions in mind and matter -- The conditional analysis -- The dispositional-categorical distinction
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 249 p.
- Isbn
- 9780198236115
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Dispositions, Stephen Mumford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-246) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Threats and promises -- Dispositions in mind and matter -- The conditional analysis -- The dispositional-categorical distinction
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 249 p.
- Isbn
- 9780198236115
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
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