What is it about?
This paper addresses the philosophical issue of whether natural properties should be thought of as pure qualities, pure powers, or a little bit of both. It is argued that the idea that we face a choice between thinking of properties either as qualities or as powers is based on misguided epistemic concerns, and that there really is no good reason why we couldn't think of them as both qualities and powers.
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Why is it important?
Adds a new perspective on the categorical/dispositional distinction, arguing it is epistemic not metaphysical
Perspectives
The paper is trying to qualify the debate on the nature of properties, especially concerning the assumption that properties are either powers or qualities but cannot be both. This papers suggests a way in which they can be understood as both. Paper is now cited in two entries in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, notably those on 'Properties' and on 'Dispositions'.
Dr Rögnvaldur D Ingthorsson
Lunds Universitet
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This page is a summary of: Properties: Qualities, Powers, or Both?, dialectica, March 2013, Verein philosophie.ch,
DOI: 10.1111/1746-8361.12011.
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