Lorenzo Azzano
Biographic Data
| ID | 5995456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorenzo Azzano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorenzo |
| FAMILY NAME | Azzano |
| SIGNATURE | AZZANO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Scuola Normale Superiore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2523-5821 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Properties are not powers
Individuating Powers: On the Regress/Circularity Individuation Arguments against Bird’s Dispositional Monism
According to Bird’s Naïve Dispositional Monism, all properties are powers, and are individuated by their manifestations. Lowe has famously challenged the position with an individuation regress or circularity argument. Bird has then offered a structuralist side-step in the form of Structuralist Dispositional Monism, according to which powers are individuated through the unique position they occupy in an asymmetric power-structure. However, Structu…
New foundations of dispositionalism - introduction
Are Identities Unexplainable? Towards a Non‐causal Contrastive Explanation of Identities
Can an identity be the proper subject of an explanation? A popular stance, albeit not one often argued for, gives a negative answer to this question. Building from a contentious passage from Jaegwon Kim in this direction, we reconstruct an argument to the conclusion that identities, to the extent in which they are necessary, cannot be explained. The notion of contrastive explanation, characterized as difference‐seeking, will be crucial for this a…
Dispositionality, categoricity, and where to find them
Discussions about dispositional and categorical properties have become commonplace in metaphysics. Unfortunately, dispositionality and categoricity are disputed notions: usual characterizations are piecemeal and not widely applicable, thus threatening to make agreements and disagreements on the matter merely verbal—and also making it arduous to map a logical space of positions about dispositional and categorical properties in which all parties ca…
Structural properties, mereology, and modal magic
The question of realism for powers
The question of realism for powers
Dispositionality, categoricity, and where to find them
Discussions about dispositional and categorical properties have become commonplace in metaphysics. Unfortunately, dispositionality and categoricity are disputed notions: usual characterizations are piecemeal and not widely applicable, thus threatening to make agreements and disagreements on the matter merely verbal—and also making it arduous to map a logical space of positions about dispositional and categorical properties in which all parties ca…
The question of realism for powers
Are Identities Unexplainable? Towards a Non‐causal Contrastive Explanation of Identities
Can an identity be the proper subject of an explanation? A popular stance, albeit not one often argued for, gives a negative answer to this question. Building from a contentious passage from Jaegwon Kim in this direction, we reconstruct an argument to the conclusion that identities, to the extent in which they are necessary, cannot be explained. The notion of contrastive explanation, characterized as difference‐seeking, will be crucial for this a…
Dispositionality, categoricity, and where to find them
Discussions about dispositional and categorical properties have become commonplace in metaphysics. Unfortunately, dispositionality and categoricity are disputed notions: usual characterizations are piecemeal and not widely applicable, thus threatening to make agreements and disagreements on the matter merely verbal—and also making it arduous to map a logical space of positions about dispositional and categorical properties in which all parties ca…
Structural properties, mereology, and modal magic
New foundations of dispositionalism - introduction
Individuating Powers: On the Regress/Circularity Individuation Arguments against Bird’s Dispositional Monism
According to Bird’s Naïve Dispositional Monism, all properties are powers, and are individuated by their manifestations. Lowe has famously challenged the position with an individuation regress or circularity argument. Bird has then offered a structuralist side-step in the form of Structuralist Dispositional Monism, according to which powers are individuated through the unique position they occupy in an asymmetric power-structure. However, Structu…
Properties are not powers
Epistemology (6 works) · Metaphysics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (5 works) · Philosophy of language (5 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (3 works) · Philosophy of science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)