Three theses about dispositions
American philosophical quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, 1982, pp. 251–258
Abstract
The authors argue for three causal theses. According to the causal thesis, Dispositions (including irreducibly probabilistic ones) must have causal bases. According to the distinctness thesis, These bases are distinct from their dispositions. And according to the impotence thesis, Dispositions are causally impotent.
