What Tends to Be: The Philosophy of Dispositional Modality

by Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum

People tend to enjoy listening to music or watching television, sleeping at night and celebrating birthdays. Plants tend to grow and thrive in sunlight and mild temperatures. We also know that tendencies are not perfectly regular and that there are patterns in the natural world, which are reliable to a degree, but not absolute. What should we make of a world where things tend to be one way but could be another? Is there a position...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367590875
• ISBN13: 9780367590871
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"