The semantics and ontology of dispositions

Mind

Volumn 109, Issue 436, 2000, Pages 757-780

  Mellor, D H ^a  

^a Darwin College   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1093/mind/109.436.757     Document Type: Article

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