| 单词 |
dispositional |
| 释义 |
dispoˈsitional, a.
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Relating to disposition. Hence dispositioˈnality; dispoˈsitionally adv.
1846Worcester cites J. Johnson. 1908W. R. B. Gibson Probl. Logic xiii. 129 We might refer to them as dispositional possibilities... To say that ‘S can be P’ is to say that S is potentially or dispositionally P. 1909W. M. Urban Valuation ii. 53 Actualisation of dispositional tendencies by acts of presumption, judgment, and assumption. 1921R. M. Jones Later Periods of Quakerism II. xxiv. 970 In spite of these dispositional tendencies she rendered a remarkable service to the Society of Friends. 1949G. Ryle Concept of Mind ii. 43 When we describe glass as brittle, or sugar as soluble, we are using dispositional concepts... To possess a dispositional property is not to be in a particular state, or to undergo a particular change; it is to be bound or liable to be in a particular state, or to undergo a particular change, when a particular condition is realised. 1956A. J. Ayer Probl. Knowl. iv. 137 The word ‘remember’ is used dispositionally, so that one can properly be said to remember things that one is not actually thinking of. 1958Listener 27 Nov. 891/1 Our use of a dispositional verb like ‘can’. 1963A. Pap Introd. Philos. Sci. ii. 31 The so-called dispositional predicates,..designating a disposition to react in a characteristic way to a certain kind of stimulus. 1964Amer. Philos. Q. I. 228 Goodman also construes dispositionality to be problematic or mystery-raising. |
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