A gradable approach to dispositions

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Philosophical Quarterly 57 (226):68–75 (2007)
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Previous theories of the relationship between dispositions and conditionals are unable to account for the fact that dispositions come in degrees. We propose a fix for this problem that has the added benefit of avoiding the classic problems of finks and masks.

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10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.469.x

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David Manley
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ryan Wasserman
Western Washington University

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