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The Future of Dispositional Reality

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Some conclusion is drawn from the previous chapters, and some direction for future research are sketched concerning Dispositional Reality.

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  1. University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Lorenzo Azzano

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Azzano, L. (2024). The Future of Dispositional Reality. In: Dispositional Reality. Synthese Library, vol 482. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52625-1_9

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