Dispositions, their bases and correlates—Meinong's analysis

Kevin Mulligan

pp. 193-211

in: Jaakko Hintikka, Tadeusz Czarnecki, Tomasz Placek, Artur Rojszczak (eds), Philosophy and logic in search of the Polish tradition, Berlin, Springer, 2003

Abstrakt

The salt in the cruet in front of me is capable of dissolving in water. And Mary can sing. What makes my assertions true? Is the relevant truth-maker of the same type as the truth-makers of my assertions that the salt is white, that it is solid, that it has a certain mass m, that Mary is a brunette or has a headache?

Cited authors

Meinong Alexius