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Dispositions and powers

Dispositions and powers
Dispositions and powers
As we understand them, dispositions are relatively uncontroversial 'predicatory' properties had by objects disposed in certain ways. By contrast, powers are hypothetical 'ontic' properties posited in order to explain dispositional behaviour. Chapter 1 outlines this distinction in more detail. Chapter 2 offers a summary of the issues surrounding analysis of dispositions and various strategies in contemporary literature to address them, including one of our own. Chapter 3 describes some of the important questions facing the metaphysics of powers including why they're worth positing, and how they might metaphysically explain laws of nature and modality.
2633-9854
Cambridge University Press
Kimpton-Nye, Samuel
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Friend, Toby
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Kimpton-Nye, Samuel
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Friend, Toby
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Kimpton-Nye, Samuel and Friend, Toby (2023) Dispositions and powers (Cambridge Elements), Cambridge University Press, 82pp.

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As we understand them, dispositions are relatively uncontroversial 'predicatory' properties had by objects disposed in certain ways. By contrast, powers are hypothetical 'ontic' properties posited in order to explain dispositional behaviour. Chapter 1 outlines this distinction in more detail. Chapter 2 offers a summary of the issues surrounding analysis of dispositions and various strategies in contemporary literature to address them, including one of our own. Chapter 3 describes some of the important questions facing the metaphysics of powers including why they're worth positing, and how they might metaphysically explain laws of nature and modality.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 22 March 2023
Published date: 20 July 2023
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Local EPrints ID: 511163
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/511163
DOI: doi:10.1017/9781009118910
ISSN: 2633-9854
PURE UUID: e674dca4-3f01-4e65-88a8-4533268c7439
ORCID for Samuel Kimpton-Nye: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9774-7247

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Date deposited: 05 May 2026 17:21
Last modified: 06 May 2026 02:14

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Author: Samuel Kimpton-Nye ORCID iD
Author: Toby Friend

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