Gozzano, Simone (2020) Necessitarianism and Dispositions. [Preprint]
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In this paper, I argue in favor of necessitarianism, the view that dispositions, when stimulated, necessitate their manifestations. After introducing and clarifying what necessitarianism does and does not amount to, I provide reasons to support the view that dispositions once stimulated necessitate their manifestations according to the stimulating conditions and the relevant properties at stake. In this framework, I will propose a principle of causal relevance and some conditions for the possibility of interference that allow us to avoid the use of ceteris paribus clauses. I then defend necessitarianism from recent attacks raised by, among others, Mumford and Anjum, noting that the antecedent strengthening test is a test for causal relevance that raises no difficulties for necessitarianism.
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| Keywords: | Necessitism; dispositions; categorical properties; laws of nature; strengthening test | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Natural Kinds |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Simone Gozzano | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2021 02:34 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2021 02:34 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 18902 | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mp-... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2019-0022 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Natural Kinds |
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| Date: | 2020 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18902 |
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