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ARMSTRONG AND THE MODAL INVERSION OF DISPOSITIONS.

Authors :
H andfield, T oby
Source :
Philosophical Quarterly; Jul2005, Vol. 55 Issue 220, p452-461, 10p
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

D.M. Armstrong has objected that the dispositionalist theory of laws and properties is modally inverted, for it entails that properties are constituted by relations to non-actual possibilia. I contend that if this objection succeeds against dispositionalism, then Armstrong's nomic necessitation relation is also modally inverted. This shows that at least one of Armstrong's reasons for preferring a nomic necessitation theory is specious. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00318094
Volume :
55
Issue :
220
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Philosophical Quarterly
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
17598205
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0031-8094.2005.00410.x