Dispositions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199259823)

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 sub-atomic particle to the solubility of sugar. 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.

Author: Stephen Mumford
ISBN-10: 0199259828
ISBN-13: 9780199259823
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 03/27/2003
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.61d