Dispositions
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Dispositions
（Synthese library, v. 113）
D. Reidel Pub. Co., c1978
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Library, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University数研
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9789027708106
Description
This anthology consists of a collection of papers on the nature of dis positions and the role of disposition concepts in scientific theories. I have tried to make the collection as representative as possible, except that problems specifically connected with dispositions in various special sciences are relatively little discussed. Most of these articles have been previously published. The papers by Mackie, Essler and Trapp, Fetzer (in Section 11), Levi, and Tuomela appear here for the first time, and are simultaneously published in Synthese 34, No. 4, which is a special issue on dispositions. Of the previously published material it should be emphasized that the papers by Hempel and Fisk have been extensively revised specially for this anthology. The papers are grouped in four sections, partlyon the basis of their content. However, due to the complexity of the issues involved, there is considerable overlap in content between the different sections, especially between Sections land 11. I wish to thank Professors James Fetzer and Carl G. Hempel for helpful advicc in compiling this anthology.
Table of Contents
Dispositions and Definitions.- Counterfactuals and Dispositions.- Disposition Concepts and Extensional Logic.- In Defense of Dispositions.- Dispositions Revisited.- Dispositions, Grounds, and Causes.- Some Ways of Operationally Introducing Dispositional Predicates with Regard to Scientific and Ordinary Practice.- Dispositional Explanation.- Universals and Dispositions.- Disposition.- A World of Dispositions.- Capacities and Natures.- Powers.- Notes on the Doctrine of Chances.- The Propensity Interpretation of Probability.- Dispositional Probabilities.- Propensities and Probabilities.- Subjunctives, Dispositions, and Chances.- Dispositions and Occurrences.- Dispositions, Occurrences, and Ontology.- Belief and Disposition.- Beliefs as States.- Dispositions, Realism, and Explanation.- Index of Names.
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: pbk. ISBN 9789027708236
Description
This Festschrift is presented to Professor Hans Jonas on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, as affirmation of the contributors' respect and admiration. As a volume in the series 'Philosophy and Medicine' the contributions not only reflect certain interests and pursuits of the scholar to whom it is dedi cated, but also serve to bring to convergence the interests of the contributors in the history of humanity and medicine, the theory of organism, medicine in the service of the patient's autonomy, and the metaphysical, i.e., phenome nological foundations of medicine. Notwithstanding the nature of such personal gifts as the authors' contributions (which, with the exception of the late Hannah Arendt's, appear here for the first time), the essays also transcend the personal and serve to elaborate specific themes and theses disclosed in the numerous writings of Hans Jonas. The editor owes a personal debt of gratitude to many, including Hannah Arendt, who offered their assistance during the preparation of the volume."
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ISBN 9789048183470
Description
This anthology consists of a collection of papers on the nature of dis positions and the role of disposition concepts in scientific theories. I have tried to make the collection as representative as possible, except that problems specifically connected with dispositions in various special sciences are relatively little discussed. Most of these articles have been previously published. The papers by Mackie, Essler and Trapp, Fetzer (in Section 11), Levi, and Tuomela appear here for the first time, and are simultaneously published in Synthese 34, No. 4, which is a special issue on dispositions. Of the previously published material it should be emphasized that the papers by Hempel and Fisk have been extensively revised specially for this anthology. The papers are grouped in four sections, partlyon the basis of their content. However, due to the complexity of the issues involved, there is considerable overlap in content between the different sections, especially between Sections land 11. I wish to thank Professors James Fetzer and Carl G. Hempel for helpful advicc in compiling this anthology.
Table of Contents
Dispositions and Definitions.- Counterfactuals and Dispositions.- Disposition Concepts and Extensional Logic.- In Defense of Dispositions.- Dispositions Revisited.- Dispositions, Grounds, and Causes.- Some Ways of Operationally Introducing Dispositional Predicates with Regard to Scientific and Ordinary Practice.- Dispositional Explanation.- Universals and Dispositions.- Disposition.- A World of Dispositions.- Capacities and Natures.- Powers.- Notes on the Doctrine of Chances.- The Propensity Interpretation of Probability.- Dispositional Probabilities.- Propensities and Probabilities.- Subjunctives, Dispositions, and Chances.- Dispositions and Occurrences.- Dispositions, Occurrences, and Ontology.- Belief and Disposition.- Beliefs as States.- Dispositions, Realism, and Explanation.- Index of Names.
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