Fake Dispositional Sentences: Manley and Wasserman's Misstep

Sungho Choi

doi:10.1111/papq.12400

Fake Dispositional Sentences: Manley and Wasserman's Misstep

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Manley and Wasserman's PROP account of dispositions has been influential in the recent debate about the nature of dispositions. In this paper, I will bring under scrutiny one crucial step in Manley and Wasserman's reasoning leading to the PROP account. The step is one where they abandon what they call ‘MOST’, the idea that x is disposed to M when C iff x would M in most cases where C obtains. I will argue below, however, that this step is invalid.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	859-873
Number of pages	15
Journal	Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
Volume	103
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12400
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

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