Dispositional Essentialism and the Nature of Powerful Properties.
Dispositional essentialism maintains that all sparse properties are essentially powerful. Two conceptions of sparse properties appear compatible with dispositional essentialism: sparse properties as pure powers or as powerful qualities. This paper compares the two views, criticizes the powerful qual...
| Publicado en: | Disputatio: International Journal of Philosophy Vol. 5; no. 35; pp. 1 - 20 |
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Paradigm Publishing Services
2013
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