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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968149603321

Titolo

Properties, powers, and structures : issues in the metaphysics of realism / / edited by Alexander Bird, Brian Ellis, and Howard Sankey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

9786613458414

9781136345715

113634571X

9781283458412

1283458411

9781136345722

1136345728

9780203124482

0203124480

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in metaphysics ; ; 5

Classificazione

5,1

CC 6000

Altri autori (Persone)

BirdAlexander <1964->

EllisB. D <1929-> (Brian David)

SankeyHoward

Disciplina

149/.2

Soggetti

Realism

Science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Proceedings of a conference held in July 2009 at the University of Melbourne.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Properties, Powers and Structures Issues in the Metaphysics of Realism; Copyright; Contents; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; Part ISYMPOSIUM ON PROPERTIES; 1. THE CATEGORICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE CAUSAL POWERS; 2. DEFENDING CATEGORICALISM; 3. MONISTIC DISPOSITIONAL ESSENTIALISM; Part IILEVELS OF INQUIRY; 4. LEVELS OF REALITY AND SCALES OF APPLICATION; Part IIIREALISM IN MATHEMATICS; 5. ANTI-NOMINALISTIC SCIENTIFIC REALISM: A DEFENCE; 6. INDISPENSABILITY WITHOUT PLATONISM; Part IVDISPOSITIONS AND CAUSAL POWERS; 7. CAUSAL DISPOSITIONALISM


8. POWERFUL PROPERTIES AND THE CAUSAL BASIS OF DISPOSITIONS9. FOUR THEORIES OF PURE DISPOSITIONS; Part VPAN-DISPOSITIONALISM; 10. THE METAPHYSICS OF PAN-DISPOSITIONALISM; 11. THE CATEGORICAL-DISPOSITIONAL DISTINCTION; 12. DISPOSITIONAL ESSENTIALISM AND THE LAWS OF NATURE; Part VINATURAL KINDS; 13. THE METAPHYSICS OF DETERMINABLE KINDS; 14. SCIENTIFIC KINDS WITHOUT ESSENCES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

While the phrase ""metaphysics of science"" has been used from time to time, it has only recently begun to denote a specific research area where metaphysics meets philosophy of science-and the sciences themselves. The essays in this volume demonstrate that metaphysics of science is an innovative field of research in its own right. The principle areas covered are: The modal metaphysics of properties: What is the essential nature of natural properties? Are all properties essentially categorical? Are they all essentially dispositions, or are some categorical and others dispositi