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Autore |
Molnar George |
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Titolo |
Powers : A Study in Metaphysics |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-925978-X |
1-280-75415-X |
0-19-151401-2 |
1-4294-7022-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (253 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Causation |
Disposition (Philosophy) |
Metaphysics |
Power (Philosophy) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Contents; INTRODUCTION: George Molnar and Powers; POWERS; 1. The Elements (I): Properties; 2. The Elements (II): On What There Is; 3. Directedness; 4. Independence; 5. Actuality; 6. Intrinsicality; 7. Objectivity; 8. Do Powers Need Grounds?; 9. The Ontology of Powers; 10. Non-Powers; 11. Objections Considered; 12. Powers at Work; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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George Molnar came to see that the solution to a number of the problems of contemporary philosophy lay in the development of an alternative to Hume's metaphysics. In this work, which was almost completed when its author died, he developed a thorough account of causal powers and succeeded in producing something both highly focused and at the same time wide-ranging. - ;George Molnar came to see that the solution to a number of the problems of contemporary philosophy lay in the development of an alternative to Hume's metaphysics. This alternative would have real causal powers at its centre. Molna |
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