説明
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.
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.
本の詳細
形式
ハードカバー
ページ数
264ページ
言語
英語
公開されました
11月 12, 1998
出版社
Oxford University Press
版
2 版
ISBN-10
0198236115
ISBN-13
9780198236115