16735 | In the 17th century, 'disposition' usually just means the spatial arrangement of parts [Boyle, by Pasnau] |
14292 | Dispositions seem more ethereal than behaviour; a non-occult account of them would be nice [Goodman] |
16948 | Once we know the mechanism of a disposition, we can eliminate 'similarity' [Quine] |
15723 | Either dispositions rest on structures, or we keep saying 'all things being equal' [Quine] |
15469 | Dispositions in action can be destroyed, be recovered, or remain unchanged [Martin,CB] |
14330 | To be realists about dispositions, we can only discuss them through their categorical basis [Armstrong] |
5458 | Nearly all fundamental properties of physics are dispositional [Ellis] |
13585 | The most fundamental properties of nature (mass, charge, spin ...) all seem to be dispositions [Ellis] |
16452 | Dispositions have modal properties, of which properties things would have counterfactually [Stalnaker] |
14308 | We can bring dispositions into existence, as in creating an identifier [Dennett, by Mumford] |
11943 | Dispositions can be causes, so they must be part of the actual world [Molnar] |
7025 | Are a property's dispositions built in, or contingently added? [Heil] |
14293 | Dispositions are ascribed to at least objects, substances and persons [Mumford] |
14298 | Dispositions can be contrasted either with occurrences, or with categorical properties [Mumford] |
14326 | Unlike categorical bases, dispositions necessarily occupy a particular causal role [Mumford] |
14583 | Dispositionality is a natural selection function, picking outcomes from the range of possibilities [Mumford/Anjum] |
16788 | Instead of adding Aristotelian forms to physical stuff, one could add dispositions [Pasnau] |
19021 | I have an 'iterated ability' to learn the violin - that is, the ability to acquire that ability [Vetter] |
23698 | Dispositions have directed behaviour which occurs if triggered [Friend/Kimpton-Nye] |
23699 | 'Masked' dispositions fail to react because something intervenes [Friend/Kimpton-Nye] |
23700 | A disposition is 'altered' when the stimulus reverses the disposition [Friend/Kimpton-Nye] |
23701 | A disposition is 'mimicked' if a different cause produces that effect from that stimulus [Friend/Kimpton-Nye] |
23702 | A 'trick' can look like a stimulus for a disposition which will happen without it [Friend/Kimpton-Nye] |
23703 | Some dispositions manifest themselves without a stimulus [Friend/Kimpton-Nye] |
23704 | We could analyse dispositions as 'possibilities', with no mention of a stimulus [Friend/Kimpton-Nye] |