@article{Dumsday2013-DUMUNE,journal = {Erkenntnis},volume = {78},author = {Travis Dumsday},title = {Using Natural-Kind Essentialism to Defend Dispositionalism},pages = {869--880},abstract = {Marc Lange and Ann Whittle have independently developed an important challenge to dispositionalism, arguing that dispositions are reducible to primitive subjunctive facts. I argue in reply that by pairing dispositionalism with a certain version of natural-kind essentialism, their objection can be overcome. Moreover, such a marriage carries further advantages for the dispositionalist. My aim is therefore two-fold: to defend dispositionalism, and to give the dispositionalist some new motivation to adopt natural-kind essentialism},year = {2013},number = {4}}@
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Using Natural-Kind Essentialism to Defend Dispositionalism