Dispositional properties [[electronic resource] /] / David Weissman
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Weissman David
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| Titolo: |
Dispositional properties [[electronic resource] /] / David Weissman
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| Pubblicazione: | Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008, c1965 |
| Edizione: | Pbk. ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 110 |
| Soggetto topico: | Philosophy of mind |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Hume: His Realist Sympathies and Reductionist Convictions; 2. Counterfactual Conditionals; 3. The Existence of Nonintrospectable Mental States; 4. Real Potentiality; Epilogue; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Dispositional Properties, David Weissman attacks a problem central to the philosophy of mind and, by implication, to the theory of being: Are there potentialities, capabilities, which dispose the mind to think in one way rather than another? The volume is arranged in the form of four arguments that converge upon a single point. First, there is an intricate discussion of the shortcomings of Hume's account of mind as ideas and impressions. Next comes a brief treatment of the arguments of some of Weissman's contemporaries, including Carnap and Braithwaite. Third, Wei |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dispositional properties |
| ISBN: | 1-299-13242-1 |
| 0-8093-8109-5 | |
| 1-4416-1949-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455365303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Philosophical Explorations