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68Adaptive abilitiesPhilosophical Issues 33 (1): 140-154. 2023.Abilities, in contrast to mere dispositions, propensities, or tendencies, abilities seem to be features of agents that put the agent herself in control. But what is the distinguishing feature of abilities vis‐à‐vis other kinds of powers? Our aim in this paper is to point, in answer to this question, to a crucial feature of abilities that existing accounts have tended to neglect: their adaptivity. Adaptivity is a feature of how abilities are exercised. The main reason for its relative neglect has…Read more
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39Précis zu Potentiality: From dispositions to modalityZeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 69 (3): 391-395. 2015.In this paper, I outline the argument of my book "Potentiality: from dispositions to modality". The paper is part of a symposium on the book (in German).
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28Repliken zu Hoffmann-Kolss, Hübner, Kment, Koslicki, Loets und MetschlPhilosophisches Jahrbuch 130 (1): 82-105. 2023.This is the third part of a „controversy“, in which I respond to comments from Vera Hoffmann-Kolss, Johannes Hübner, Boris Kment, Kathrin Koslicki, Annina Loets, and Ulrich Metschl concerning my earlier paper „Möglichkeit ohne mögliche Welten“ („possibility without possible worlds“).
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26ReplikenZeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 69 (3): 408-412. 2015.In this paper, I respond to criticism raised by Markus Schrenk and Ralf Busse on my book "Potentiality: From Dispositions to Modality". The paper is part of a symposium on the book (in German).
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21Alexander Bird: Nature’s Metaphysics: Laws and Properties. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-922701-3; $ 70.00, £ 29.00 (hardback); 231 pages (review)History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 12 (1): 320-328. 2009.
University of Oxford
DPhil, 2010
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Dispositions and Powers |
Metaphysics |
Modality |
Modal Expressions |
Modal Epistemology |
Modal Empiricism |
Abilities |