On Two Recent Defenses of The Simple Conditional Analysis of Disposition-Ascriptions

Abstract

It is widely considered that the simple conditional analysis of
disposition-ascriptions has been decisively refuted by counterexamples offered by
Martin (1994), Bird (1998), and others. In recent discussions, however, two
philosophers, Choi (2006) and Gundersen (2002), stand out in defending the analysis
in question. In this paper, I argue that they do not succeed in their attempts, and
that each founders on a similar ground.