설명
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.
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형식
하드커버
페이지
264 페이지
언어
영어
출판됨
11월 12, 1998
출판사
Oxford University Press
판본
판본 2개
ISBN-10
0198236115
ISBN-13
9780198236115