Abstract
Those who hold that all fundamental sparse properties have dispositional essences face a problem with structural (e.g. geometrical) properties. In this paper I consider a further route for the dispositional monist that is enabled by the requirement that physical theories should be background-free. If this requirement is respected then we can see how spatial displacement can be a causally active relation and hence may be understood dispositionally.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Dispositions and Causes |
Editors | Toby Handfield |
Place of Publication | Oxford |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 215-241 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |