03838nam 2200793Ia 450 991096814960332120200520144314.097866134584149781136345715113634571X97812834584121283458411978113634572211363457289780203124482020312448010.4324/9780203124482 (CKB)2670000000148674(EBL)957295(OCoLC)798532947(SSID)ssj0000678831(PQKBManifestationID)11457550(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678831(PQKBWorkID)10729041(PQKB)11646314(Au-PeEL)EBL957295(CaPaEBR)ebr10534982(CaONFJC)MIL345841(OCoLC)1000436091(MiAaPQ)EBC957295(EXLCZ)99267000000014867420111007d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrProperties, powers, and structures issues in the metaphysics of realism /edited by Alexander Bird, Brian Ellis, and Howard Sankey1st ed.New York Routledge20121 online resource (281 p.)Routledge studies in metaphysics ;5Proceedings of a conference held in July 2009 at the University of Melbourne.9781138245280 1138245283 9780415895354 0415895359 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 DISPOSITIONALISM8. 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; INDEXWhile 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 dispositiRoutledge studies in metaphysics ;v. 5.RealismCongressesSciencePhilosophyCongressesRealismSciencePhilosophy149/.25,1ssgnCC 6000rvkBird Alexander1964-961406Ellis B. D(Brian David),1929-915382Sankey Howard65922MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968149603321Properties, powers, and structures4348410UNINA