The Metaphysics of Desire and Dispositions

Philosophy Compass 9 (7):469-477 (2014)
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Abstract

There seems to be some kind of close relationship between desires and behavioral dispositions. While a popular view about the nature of desire is that it essentially involves dispositions towards action, there do seem to be pressing objections to this view. However, recent work on dispositional properties potentially undermines some of the metaphysical assumptions that lie beneath these objections

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