Dispositions
a debate
Our rough guess is there are 49,250 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 3 hours and 17 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 7 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
We earn a commission on purchases
Author
Contributions
- Martin, C. B. - Contributor
- Place, U. T. 1924- - Contributor
- Crane, Tim. - Contributor
Publication
1996 - Routledge, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
49,250 words, Guess
Page Count
197 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL812262M
- ISBN-100415144329
- OCLC Control Number50487799
- OCLC Control Number33898477
- Internet Archivedispositionsdeba0000arms
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number95049477
- Goodreads5196454
- LibraryThing5625852
Classifications
- DDC111/.1
- LCCBD374 .A75 1996
- LCCBD374.A75 1996
and 1 more
- LCCBD374 .A75 1996eb
Description
'Why did the window break when it was hit by the stone? Because the window is brittle and the stone is hard; hardness and brittleness are powers, dispositional properties or dispositions.'. Dispositions are essential to our understanding of the world. This book is a record of the debate on the nature of dispositions between three distinguished philosophers - D. M. Armstrong, C. B. Martin and U. T. Place - who have been thinking about dispositions all their working lives. Their distinctive accounts cover many of the issues surrounding dispositions such as the nature of mind, matter, universals, existence, laws of nature and causation. Dispositions illuminates this central topic in analytic philosophy and at the same time highlights deeper concerns of metaphysics.
Subjects
Topics
Series Statement
- International library of philosophy
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!