"In Dispositions, Stephen Mumford confronts the toughest and most important metaphysical issues about dispositions....Dispositions reads pretty easily in part because it is free of the technical notation that is so tempting to introduce and in part because it is extremely well written and produced. Mumford also reveals his deep understanding of the philosophical problem of dispositions in that the book stays focused on the most imperative matters, never straying to pet issues more amenable to advancement."--The Philosophical Review

"...Mumford's book is the most detailed and seriously worked out study of dispositions yet...[His] theory is an interesting account of dispositions which comes very close to the true nature of those amazing and important properties."--Erkenntnis