dispositionalism

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English

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Etymology

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From dispositional +‎ -ism.

Noun

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dispositionalism (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) A tendency to prefer dispositional attribution rather than situational attribution.
    • 2007 December 14, Robert Pasnau, “The event of color”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 3, →DOI:
      My own use of this fundamental principle will be relatively modest: I am not attempting to argue for physicalism over dispositionalism or other alternatives, but only to show that if one is to be a color physicalist, one should tie colors to events.