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UNINA9910791121203321 |
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Titolo |
The metaphysics of powers : their grounding and their manifestations / / edited by Anna Marmodoro |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-96834-2 |
1-136-96835-0 |
1-282-62949-2 |
9786612629495 |
0-203-85128-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (205 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in metaphysics ; ; 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Power (Philosophy) |
Ontology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Introduction; 1 On the Individuation of Powers; 2 Do Powers Need Powers to Make Them Powerful?: From Pandispositionalism to Aristotle; 3 Categories and the Ontology of Powers: A Vindication of the Identity Theory of Properties; 4 Powerful Qualities; 5 Manifestations as Effects; 6 Puzzling Powers: The Problem of Fit; 7 Dispositions, Manifestations, and Causal Structure; 8 Causal Powers and Categorical Properties; 9 A Powerful Theory of Causation; 10 Causation and the Manifestation of Powers; 11 Antidotes for Dispositional Essentialism |
ContributorsBibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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