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| Synopsis | |
| This volume is a collection of papers that advance our understanding of the metaphysics of powers - properties such as fragility and electric charge. The metaphysics of powers is a fast developing research field with fundamental questions at the forefront of current research, such as Can there be a world of only powers?What is the manifestation of a power?Are powers and their manifestations related by necessity? What are the prospects for dispositional accounts of causation? The papers focus on questions concerning the metaphysics of powers that cut across any particular subject-specific ontological domain -- whether philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, ethics, epistemology investigating the metaphysical structure of powers, the nature of the manifestation of powers, the necessity or contingency of a power's relation to its manifestations, and powers and causation.A number of authors also engage in discussion with Humean and neo-Humean treatments of causation, thereby making contributions to a larger metaphysical debate beyond powers.Additionally, the authors engage critically with the latest contributions to the debate on powers in the literature, thereby bringing together in a wholesome and analytical way the most recent and noteworthy theoretical developments in this research field. | |
| Product Identifiers | |
| ISBN-10 | 0415876850 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780415876858 |
| Key Details | |
| Number Of Pages | 204 pages |
| Series | Routledge Studies in Metaphysics Ser. |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Publication Date | 2010-04-30 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Additional Details | |
| Copyright Date | 2010 |
| Illustrated | Yes |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 0 Oz |
| Height | 1.7 In. |
| Width | 0.6 In. |
| Length | 0.9 In. |
| Target Audience | |
| Group | College Audience |
| Classification Method | |
| LCCN | 2009-047166 |
| LC Classification Number | BD438 |
| Dewey Decimal | 111 |
| Dewey Edition | 22 |
| Contributors | |
| Edited by | Anna Marmodoro |