Review from previous edition Stephen Mumford's book Dispositions does much more than just expound his contribution to the wider debate on dispositions. Here is all you will need to know about that debate as it stands ... clearly and intelligently explained.

• 1. Threats and Promises ; 2. Dispositions in Mind and Matter ; 3. The Conditional Analysis ; 4. The Dispositional-Categorical Distinction ; 5. Property Dualism ; 6. Dispositions as Causes ; 7. Property Monism ; 8. Eliminativism and Reductionism ; 9. A Functionalist Theory of Dispositions ; 10. Laws of Nature Outlawed ; Bibliography ; Index

Review from previous edition Stephen Mumford's book Dispositions does much more than just expound his contribution to the wider debate on dispositions. Here is all you will need to know about that debate as it stands ... clearly and intelligently explained.

• 1. Threats and Promises ; 2. Dispositions in Mind and Matter ; 3. The Conditional Analysis ; 4. The Dispositional-Categorical Distinction ; 5. Property Dualism ; 6. Dispositions as Causes ; 7. Property Monism ; 8. Eliminativism and Reductionism ; 9. A Functionalist Theory of Dispositions ; 10. Laws of Nature Outlawed ; Bibliography ; Index