Robin Stenwall
Senior lecturer
A new challenge for objective uncertainties and the propensity theorist
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Summary, in English
The paper is concerned with the existence of objective uncertainties. What would it take for objective uncertainties to exist, and what would be the consequences for our understanding of the world we live in? We approach these questions by considering two common theories on how we are to understand the being of propensities and how it pertains to possible outcomes that remain unmanifested. It is argued that both or these theories should be rejected, and be replaced with a theory we call unrestricted actualism according to which the possible outcomes of propensities (whether realized or unrealized) are denizens of the actual world.
Department/s
- Theoretical Philosophy
- VBE
- Medical Ethics
Publishing year
2018-08-28
Language
English
Pages
219-224
Publication/Series
Metaphysica
Volume
19
Issue
2
Full text
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Philosophy
- Medical Ethics
Keywords
- propensity theory
- philosophy of probability
- dispositions
- actualism
- possibilism
Status
Published
Project
- Science and Proven Experience
Research group
- VBE
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1874-6373