A glass has certain dispositions, for example the disposition to shatter when struck. But what
is this disposition? It seems on the one hand to be a perfectly real property, a genuine …

Necessitarianism, as we shall use the term, is the view that natural properties and causal
powers are necessarily connected in some way. In recent decades the most popular forms of …

This book critically examines the recent discussions of powers and powers-based accounts
of causation. The author then develops an original view of powers-based causation that …

According to the powerful qualities view, properties are both powerful and qualitative.
Indeed, on this view the powerfulness of a property is identical to its qualitativity. Proponents …

Dispositionality and qualitativity are key notions to describe the world that we inhabit.
Dispositionality is a matter of what a thing is disposed to do in certain circumstances …

As we understand them, dispositions are relatively uncontroversial'predicatory'properties
had by objects disposed in certain ways. By contrast, powers are hypothetical'ontic' …

How should we account for the extraordinary regularity in the world? Humeans and Non-
Humeans sharply disagree. According to Non-Humeans, the world behaves in an …

Discussions about dispositional and categorical properties have become commonplace in
metaphysics. Unfortunately, dispositionality and categoricity are disputed notions: usual …

Why does anything happen? What is the best account of natural necessity? In this book,
William A. Bauer presents and defends a comprehensive account of the internal structure of …

This paper develops and defends a compound powerful qualities view of properties.
According to this view, properties are essentially composed of distinct powerful and …