Professor Matthew Tugby matthew.tugby@durham.ac.uk
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Graph-theoretic Models of Dispositional Structures
Tugby, Matthew
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Abstract
The focus of this article is the view about fundamental natural properties known as dispositional monism. This is a holistic view about nature, according to which all properties are essentially interrelated. The general question to be addressed concerns what kinds of features relational structures of properties should be thought to have. I use Bird's graph-theoretic framework for representing dispositional structures as a starting point, before arguing that it is inadequate in certain important respects. I then propose a more parsimonious graph-theoretic system, which, among other things, overhauls Bird's distinction between stimulus and manifestation relations.
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Tugby, M. (2013). Graph-theoretic Models of Dispositional Structures. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 27(1), 23-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2013.783979
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Oct 2, 2013 |
Deposit Date | Oct 7, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 3, 2015 |
Journal | International Studies in the Philosophy of Science |
Print ISSN | 0269-8595 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-9281 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 27 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 23-39 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2013.783979 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1476609 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science on 02/10/2013, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02698595.2013.783979.
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