A Gradable Approach to Dispositions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4352150 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Manley (0000-0003-1864-5141, University of Southern California), Ryan Wasserman (0000-0003-2202-2131, University of Southern California) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 226 |
| Pages | 68-75 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.469.x |
| OpenAlex | W2058066855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 18 |
Previous theories of the relationship between dispositions and conditionals are unable to account for the fact that dispositions come in degrees. We propose a fix for this problem which has the added benefit of avoiding the familiar problems of finks and masks
Media studies · Sociology · Classics · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · History · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
The Powers Metaphysic
On Linking Dispositions and Conditionals
Bias
The property of goal‐directedness
Structural Equations and Analysis of Dispositions
Fake Dispositional Sentences
Graded Abilities and Action Fragility
Legal Standards of Proof
A Dilemma for Reductive Compatibilism
Masked Abilities and the Four-Case Manipulation Argument
Merely statistical evidence
The Intensity of Powers
If anyone is in Christ – new creation
Dispositions and Generics
Consequences of comparability
The incompleteness of dispositional predicates
A plenitude of powers
Proportional dispositional predicates
Natural kinds and dispositions
Against the reduction of modality to essence
Do you believe in Deep Down? On two conceptions of valuing
A causal Bayes net analysis of dispositions
On dispositional masks
An analysis of disposition concepts by the Ramsey test
Know-How and Gradability
The Semantics of Degree
Scorekeeping in a language game
How to speak of the colors
On Linking Dispositions and Conditionals
A semantics for positive and comparative adjectives
Comparing Semantic Theories of Comparison
Grading, A Study in Semantics
Chance and Counterfactuals
Dispositions and Conditionals
Dispositions and Antidotes
Quantifiers in Comparatives
Finkish Dispositions
Scale Structure, Degree Modification, and the Semantics of Gradable Predicates
| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,39 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |