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dispositionalism

dispositionalism noun: a tendency to prefer dispositional attribution rather than situational attribution.

Noun

dispositionalism (uncountable)

  1. A tendency to prefer dispositional attribution rather than situational attribution.
    • 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.2007 December 14, Robert Pasnau, “The event of color”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 3, →DOI

Origin of dispositionalism

From dispositional + -ism.

Questions about dispositionalism

What does dispositionalism mean?
Dispositionalism means a tendency to prefer dispositional attribution rather than situational attribution.
What part of speech is dispositionalism?
Dispositionalism is a noun.

Words near dispositionalism in the dictionary

  1. disposition biases
  2. disposition effect
  3. disposition effects
  4. disposition index
  5. dispositional
  6. dispositionalism
  7. dispositionalist
  8. dispositionalists
  9. dispositionally
  10. dispositioned
  11. dispositiones

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