Dispositionalism

Elucidates the ontological profile of dispositionalism Brings together perspectives from metaphysics and the philosophy of science Collects essays written by both proponents of dispositionalism and sceptics

Autorentext

Anne Sophie Meincke is a Senior Research Fellow at the Philosophy Department of the University of Vienna, Austria, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Meincke's research lies at the intersection of metaphysics and the philosophy of biology, with a special focus on elaborating a new process ontological perspective. She is currently PI of the 'Elise Richter' research project Bio-Agency and Natural Freedom, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (2019-2023). Previously, Meincke was a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, and a Research Fellow at the Universities of Exeter, United Kingdom, and Innsbruck, Austria.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Dispositionalism: Between Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science (Anne Sophie Meincke).- Chapter 2. Ontology of Powers (John Heil).- Chapter 3. What Does the Doing? On Powers, Things and Powerful Things (Ruth Groff).- Chapter 4. Active Bearers: The Ontology of Mental Dispositions (Josef Quitterer).- Chapter 5. Powers, Activity and Interaction (Anna Marmodoro).- Chapter 6. What Are Manifestations? (Neil E. Williams).- Chapter 7. Dispositionalism, Persistence and Process (Anne Sophie Meincke).- Chapter 8. Powers, Probability and Statistics (Rani Lill Anjum and Stephen Mumford).- Chapter 9. What Powers Are Not (Elina Pechlivanidi and Stathis Psillos).- Chapter 10. A Dispositional Account of Causation, with Some Remarks on the Ontology of Dispositions (Alexander Bird).- Chapter 11. Powers, Dispositions and Laws of Nature (Maximilian Kistler).- Chapter 12. Doing Away with Dispositions: Powers in the Context of Modern Physics (Steven French).- Chapter 13. Organic Powers (Matthew Tugby).- Index.