No time for powers
This thesis focuses on two related though different topics: first, the metaphysics of dispositions; second, the relation between dispositionalism and time. For this reason, the thesis is divided in two main parts: the first part concerns the first topic, and the second part concerns the second. The...
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| description | This thesis focuses on two related though different topics: first, the metaphysics of dispositions; second, the relation between dispositionalism and time. For this reason, the thesis is divided in two main parts: the first part concerns the first topic, and the second part concerns the second. The aim of the project is to argue that dispositionalism faces two different problems: first, there is no viable metaphysics for dispositional properties; second, there is no viable theory of time that can fit in a dispositional framework. |
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| spelling | nottingham-513472025-02-28T14:05:13Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51347/ No time for powers Donati, Donatella This thesis focuses on two related though different topics: first, the metaphysics of dispositions; second, the relation between dispositionalism and time. For this reason, the thesis is divided in two main parts: the first part concerns the first topic, and the second part concerns the second. The aim of the project is to argue that dispositionalism faces two different problems: first, there is no viable metaphysics for dispositional properties; second, there is no viable theory of time that can fit in a dispositional framework. 2018-07-16 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51347/1/No%20Time%20for%20Powers%20-%20Donatella%20Donati.pdf Donati, Donatella (2018) No time for powers. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Dispositions Causation Time |
| spellingShingle | Dispositions Causation Time Donati, Donatella No time for powers |
| title | No time for powers |
| title_full | No time for powers |
| title_fullStr | No time for powers |
| title_full_unstemmed | No time for powers |
| title_short | No time for powers |
| title_sort | no time for powers |
| topic | Dispositions Causation Time |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51347/ |