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Metaphysics of Science, Philosophy of Spacetime, Philosophy of Physics, General Philosophy of Science, Metaphilosophy, Metametaphysics

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Employment (4)

Panepistemio Kyprou: Nicosia, CY

2015 to present | Assistant Professor (Classics and Philosophy)
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

public secondary schools: Athens, GR

2007 to 2015 | Science teacher
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

University of Patras: Patras, GR

2008 to 2010 | Lecturer (Philosophy)
Employment
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

private secondary schools: Athens, GR

1993 to 2006 | Science teacher
Employment
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Education and qualifications (3)

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Athens, GR

2001 to 2006 | PhD "On the Ontological Nature of Spacetime and its Relevance to the Condition of Quantum Non-separability" (Philosophy and History of Science)
Education
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Athens, GR

1999 to 2001 | Msc "The Hole Argument in General Theory of Relativity-Interpretation and Critique" (Philosophy and History of Science)
Education
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University of Patras: Patras, GR

1985 to 1990 | Bachelor (Physics)
Education
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Funding (5)

‘Thales’ research project: Aspects and Prospects of Realism in the Philosophy of Science and Mathematics' (APRePoSMa)

2012 to 2015 | Contract
EU and Greece gov (Athens, GR)
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

A Critique of Dispositional Monism

2007 to 2008 | Grant
Greek State’s Scholarship Foundation (Athens, GR)
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

‘Heraclitus’ EU co-funded project

2002 to 2005 | Grant
EU and Greece (Athens, GR)
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Powers and the Nomic Web: perspectives from Metaphysics and the philosophy of Science

Grant
A.G. Leventis Foundation (Nicosia, CY)
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Science in Metaphysics: Properties, Laws, and Structures

Grant
University of Cyprus (Nicosia, CY)
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Works (36)

Powers and Nomic Relations: Powerful Categoricalism and the Dualist Model

Philosophia
2023-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s11406-023-00622-3
Part of ISSN: 0048-3893
Part of ISSN: 1574-9274
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
Source: Self-asserted source
VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Categorical Monism, Laws, and the Inference Problem

Journal for General Philosophy of Science
2023-03-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10838-023-09638-5
Part of ISSN: 0925-4560
Part of ISSN: 1572-8587
Contributors: Vassilis Livanios
Source: Self-asserted source
VASSILIS LIVANIOS

A World of Powers? A Critical Survey of the Contemporary Metaphysics of Dispositions

Cyprus University Press
2022 | Book
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Manifestation and Unrestricted Dispositional Monism

Acta Analytica
2022-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s12136-021-00476-y
Part of ISSN: 0353-5150
Part of ISSN: 1874-6349
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

The Categorical-Dispositional Distinction: A Critical Review

Neusis
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Challenging the identity theory of properties

Synthese
2021-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-020-03016-0
Part of ISSN: 0039-7857
Part of ISSN: 1573-0964
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
Source: Self-asserted source
VASSILIS LIVANIOS

The far-reaching impact of dispositionalism?

Metascience
2021-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11016-021-00674-9
Part of ISSN: 0815-0796
Part of ISSN: 1467-9981
Contributors: Vassilis Livanios
Source: Self-asserted source
VASSILIS LIVANIOS

The Tools of Metaphysics and the Metaphysics of Science

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
2021-10-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1080/02698595.2022.2098463
Part of ISSN: 0269-8595
Part of ISSN: 1469-9281
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Governing Laws and the Inference Problem

Grazer Philosophische Studien
2021-09-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1163/18756735-00000138
Part of ISSN: 0165-9227
Part of ISSN: 1875-6735
Contributors: Stavros Ioannidis; Vassilis Livanios; Stathis Psillos
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Dispositional monism and the ontological distinction between unmanifested and manifested powers

Ratio
2021-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/rati.12292
Part of ISSN: 0034-0006
Part of ISSN: 1467-9329
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Causal Necessitation and Dispositional Modality

Philosophia
2021-03 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s11406-020-00213-6
Part of ISSN: 0048-3893
Part of ISSN: 1574-9274
Contributors: Stavros Ioannidis; VASSILIS LIVANIOS; Stathis Psillos
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

No laws and (thin) powers in, no (governing) laws out

European Journal for Philosophy of Science
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13194-020-00304-x
Part of ISSN: 1879-4912
Part of ISSN: 1879-4920
Contributors: Stavros Ioannidis; Vassilis Livanios; Stathis Psillos
Source: Self-asserted source
VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Powerful Qualities Beyond Identity Theory

Metaphysica
2020-10-25 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1515/mp-2020-0002
Part of ISSN: 1874-6373
Part of ISSN: 1437-2053
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Dispositional Pluralism

The Philosophical Quarterly
2020-09-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/pq/pqaa013
Part of ISSN: 0031-8094
Part of ISSN: 1467-9213
Contributors: Vassilis Livanios
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Soft selling a powers-friendly ontology

Metascience
2020-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11016-020-00511-5
Part of ISSN: 0815-0796
Part of ISSN: 1467-9981
Contributors: Vassilis Livanios
Source: Self-asserted source
VASSILIS LIVANIOS

A Survey of Contemporary Metaphysics: Properties and Objects

Okto Publ.
2019 | Book
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Vikingism as a Metametaphysical Thesis

Metaphilosophy
2019-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/meta.12370
Part of ISSN: 0026-1068
Part of ISSN: 1467-9973
Contributors: Vassilis Livanios
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Do Categorical Properties Confer Dispositions on Their Bearers?

Kriterion
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Intrinsic Dispositional Properties and Immanent Realism

Grazer Philosophische Studien
2018-12-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1163/18756735-000050
Part of ISSN: 0165-9227
Part of ISSN: 1875-6735
Contributors: Vassilis Livanios
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Dispositionality and Symmetry Structures

Metaphysica
2018-08-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1515/mp-2018-0010
Part of ISSN: 1874-6373
Part of ISSN: 1437-2053
Contributors: Vassilis Livanios
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Hamilton’s Principle and Dispositional Essentialism: Friends or Foes?

Journal for General Philosophy of Science
2018-03 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10838-017-9380-1
Part of ISSN: 0925-4560
Contributors: VASSILIS LIVANIOS
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Science in Metaphysics

Springer International Publishing
2017 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41291-7
ISBN: 9783319412900
ISBN: 9783319412917
Contributors: Vassilis Livanios
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Beyond Platonism and Nominalism?: James Franklin: An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics: Mathematics as the Science of Quantity and Structure, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, x + 308 pp

Axiomathes
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10516-015-9277-8
EID:

2-s2.0-84960840285
Contributors: Livanios, V.
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The Categorical-Dispositional Distinction, Locations and Symmetry Operations

Acta Analytica
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12136-016-0303-2
EID:

2-s2.0-84979642594
Contributors: Livanios, V.
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS via Scopus - Elsevier

Categorical Structures and the Multiple Realisability Argument

Methode: Analytic Perspectives, 3/4, 141-166.
2014 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2281-0498
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Radical Non-dispositionalism and the Permutation Problem

Axiomathes
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10516-013-9209-4
EID:

2-s2.0-84893595291
Contributors: Livanios, V.
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS via Scopus - Elsevier

The "constant" threat to the dispositional essentialist conception of laws

Metaphysica
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1515/mp-2014-0009
EID:

2-s2.0-84898986071
Contributors: Livanios, V.
Source: Self-asserted source
VASSILIS LIVANIOS via Scopus - Elsevier

Exploring the Metaphysics of Nomic Relations

Acta Analytica
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12136-012-0159-z
EID:

2-s2.0-84866141174
Contributors: Livanios, V.
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS via Scopus - Elsevier

Is There a (compelling) Gauge-Theoretic Argument Against the Intrinsicality of Fundamental Properties?

European Journal of Analytic Philosophy 8/2, 30-38.
2012 | Journal article
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

On the Possibility of Contingently Dispositional Properties

Abstracta 6/1, 3-17.
2010 | Journal article
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Symmetries, dispositions and essences

Philosophical Studies
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-008-9328-8
EID:

2-s2.0-77949283188
Contributors: Livanios, V.
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS via Scopus - Elsevier

Χειρομορφία και Χιουμιανή επιγένεση

Νεύσις19, 140-153
2010 | Journal article
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

Bird and the dispositional essentialist account of spatiotemporal relations

Journal for General Philosophy of Science
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10838-009-9075-3
EID:

2-s2.0-69949160188
Contributors: Livanios, V.
Source: Self-asserted source
VASSILIS LIVANIOS via Scopus - Elsevier

Tropes, particularity, and space-time

Journal for General Philosophy of Science
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10838-007-9040-y
EID:

2-s2.0-37049027478
Contributors: Livanios, V.
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS via Scopus - Elsevier

Tropes: Properties as Particulars

Nefsis 16, 108-129
2007 | Journal article
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS

‘Holes’ and Spacetime: Philosophical Consequences of the Principle of General Covariance for the Individuation of Physical Spacetime Points

Defkalion 25/2, 307-339
2007 | Journal article
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VASSILIS LIVANIOS
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