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      The Categorical-Dispositional Distinction: A Critical Review 

      Livanios, Vassilis (2018)
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      Dispositionality and Symmetry Structures 

      Livanios, Vassilis (2018)
      A number of metaphysicians and philosophers of science have raised the issue of the modality of the fundamental structures of the world. Although the debate so far has been largely focused on the (alleged) inherent causal ...
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      Hamilton’s Principle and Dispositional Essentialism: Friends or Foes? 

      Livanios, Vassilis (2018)
      Most recently Smart and Thébault revived an almost forgotten debate between Katzav and Ellis on the compatibility of Hamilton’s Principle (HP) with Dispositional Essentialism (DE). Katzav’s arguments inter alia aim to show ...
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      Intrinsic Dispositional Properties and Immanent Realism 

      Livanios, Vassilis (2018)
      .... and have recently argued that immanent realism is incompatible with the existence of intrinsic but (at least partially) relationally constituted genuine dispositional properties. The success of Tugby’s and Yates’ ...
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      Vikingism as a Metametaphysical Thesis 

      Livanios, Vassilis (2019)
      This paper aims to be a contribution to the recent discussion on the science-metaphysics relationship. After drawing a distinction between two aspects of the relationship, it defends the theoretical importance of the ...