Dispositions

Felipe Romero; Carl Craver

doi:10.1002/9781118625392.wbecp255

Dispositions

Felipe Romero
, Carl Craver

Department of Philosophy

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It is common in psychiatry and other sciences to describe an individual or a type of individual in terms of its disposition to manifest specific effects in a particular range of circumstances. According to one understanding, dispositions are statistical regularities of an individual or type of individual in specific circumstances. According to another understanding, dispositions are properties of individuals in virtue of which such regularities hold. This entry considers a number of ways of making each of these senses of disposition more precise while discussing a number of dangers lurking in careless use of the concept of a disposition.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology
Publisher	wiley
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118625392
ISBN (Print)	9780470671276
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118625392.wbecp255
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

Keywords

behaviorism
disposition
mechanism
personality traits
regularity
testing in psychology

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