Rani Lill Anjum, Stephen Mumford

What Tends to Be

The Philosophy of Dispositional Modality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

People tend to enjoy listening to music or watching television, sleeping at night and celebrating birthdays. What should we make of a world where things tend to be one way but could be another? This book explores these questions and is the first full-length treatment of the philosophy of tendencies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780367590871
• ISBN-10: 0367590875
• Artikelnr.: 69893458

Autorenporträt

Rani Lill Anjum is Research Fellow in Philosophy at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway. Stephen Mumford is Professor of Philosophy at Durham University, UK and Professor II at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

PrefacePart I: Modality 1. Theory:Introducing the dispositional modality 2.
History: Forebears of the dispositional modality Part II: Metaphysics 3.
Chance: Overdisposed4. Causation: Causation and quantum mechanics (with
Fredrik Andersen)Part III: Logic 5. Conditionals: Carnap and the
Anglo-Austrian conspiracy against dispositions 6. Conditional probability:
Conditional probability from an ontological point of view (with Johan Arnt
Myrstad)Part IV: Epistemology 7. Perception: What we tend to see 8.
Metascience: What we tend to knowPart V: Ethics 9. Value: Dispositions and
ethics (with Svein Anders Noer Lie)10. Free will: Causation isnot your
enemy. Afterword Bibliography Index