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Travis Dumsday

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Dispositionalism is the view that there are irreducible causal powers in nature that explain why objects behave as they do. To say salt is soluble in water, for example, is to say that salt has the disposition to dissolve in water, and this disposition is understood as a real causal power of salt. In Dispositionalism and the Metaphysics of Science (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Travis Dumsday articulates a novel version of dispositionalism – nomic dispositionalism – and considers its relation to a cross-section of fundamental debates and positions in the metaphysics of science, such as nature of scientific laws, the possibility of knowledge about unobservable entities, and whether there is any fundamental material stuff. Dumsday, who is associate professor of philosophy at Concordia University of Edmonton, provides a concise and easily accessible introduction to many of these core debates in the metaphysics of science as well as a defense of his intriguing new view of dispositionalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/philosophy

Dispositionalism is the view that there are irreducible causal powers in nature that explain why objects behave as they do. To say salt is soluble in water, for example, is to say that salt has the disposition to dissolve in water, and this disposition is understood as a real causal power of salt. In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1108480136/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dispositionalism and the Metaphysics of Science</a> (Cambridge University Press, 2019), <a href="https://concordia.ab.ca/arts/departments/philosophy-religious-studies/faculty/travis-dumsday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travis Dumsday</a> articulates a novel version of dispositionalism – nomic dispositionalism – and considers its relation to a cross-section of fundamental debates and positions in the metaphysics of science, such as nature of scientific laws, the possibility of knowledge about unobservable entities, and whether there is any fundamental material stuff. Dumsday, who is associate professor of philosophy at Concordia University of Edmonton, provides a concise and easily accessible introduction to many of these core debates in the metaphysics of science as well as a defense of his intriguing new view of dispositionalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/philosophy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/philosophy</a>

Travis Dumsday, "Dispositionalism and the Metaphysics of Science" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

Dispositionalism is the view that there are irreducible causal powers in nature that explain why objects behave as they do. To say salt is soluble in water, for example, is to say that salt has the disposition to dissolve in water, and this disposition is understood as a real causal power of salt. In Dispositionalism and the Metaphysics of Science (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Travis Dumsday articulates a novel version of dispositionalism – nomic dispositionalism – and considers its relation to a cross-section of fundamental debates and positions in the metaphysics of science, such as nature of scientific laws, the possibility of knowledge about unobservable entities, and whether there is any fundamental material stuff. Dumsday, who is associate professor of philosophy at Concordia University of Edmonton, provides a concise and easily accessible introduction to many of these core debates in the metaphysics of science as well as a defense of his intriguing new view of dispositionalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science

Dispositionalism is the view that there are irreducible causal powers in nature that explain why objects behave as they do. To say salt is soluble in water, for example, is to say that salt has the disposition to dissolve in water, and this disposition is understood as a real causal power of salt. In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1108480136/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dispositionalism and the Metaphysics of Science</a> (Cambridge University Press, 2019), <a href="https://concordia.ab.ca/arts/departments/philosophy-religious-studies/faculty/travis-dumsday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travis Dumsday</a> articulates a novel version of dispositionalism – nomic dispositionalism – and considers its relation to a cross-section of fundamental debates and positions in the metaphysics of science, such as nature of scientific laws, the possibility of knowledge about unobservable entities, and whether there is any fundamental material stuff. Dumsday, who is associate professor of philosophy at Concordia University of Edmonton, provides a concise and easily accessible introduction to many of these core debates in the metaphysics of science as well as a defense of his intriguing new view of dispositionalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science</a>

Professor Travis Dumsday of Concordia University joins the show to explore Transhumanism, and its implications on society and theology. Join our exclusive Telegram community by supporting our Patreon. Now only $5 a month. https://www.patreon.com/PrytaneumTimesFollow Michael Sisco on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrytaneumTimesSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/SaintsEdward)

Professor Travis Dumsday of Concordia University joins the show to explore Transhumanism, and its implications on society and theology.  Join our exclusive Telegram community by supporting our Patreon. Now only $5 a month. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/PrytaneumTimes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/PrytaneumTimes</a> Follow Michael Sisco on Twitter:  <a href="https://twitter.com/PrytaneumTimes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/PrytaneumTimes</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/SaintsEdward" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/SaintsEdward" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/SaintsEdward</a>)

On Transhumanism w/Professor Travis Dumsday