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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      January 2019
      January 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108647502
      9781108480130
      9781108727068
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108647502
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.46kg, 228 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.34kg, 232 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Epistemology and Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy
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    Dispositionalism is the view that causal powers are among the irreducible properties of nature. It has long been among the core competing positions in the metaphysics of laws, but its potential implications for other key debates within metaphysics and the philosophy of science have remained under-explored. Travis Dumsday fills this major gap in the literature by establishing new connections between dispositionalism and such topics as substance ontology, ontic structural realism, material composition, emergentism, natural-kind essentialism, perdurantism, time travel, and spacetime substantivalism. He also puts forward a novel view concerning the precise relationship between causal powers and the fundamental laws of nature. His rich and accessible study will appeal to readers interested in contemporary analytic metaphysics and philosophy of science.

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    ‘… a significant contribution to the debate regarding the prospects of dispositionalism.’

    Vassilis Livanios Source: Metascience

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