LEADER 02664nam 22006373u 450 001 9910972005703321 005 20251116215836.0 010 $a0-19-925978-X 010 $a1-280-75415-X 010 $a0-19-151401-2 010 $a1-4294-7022-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473518 035 $a(EBL)415670 035 $a(OCoLC)437094038 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000021948 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415670 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7035801 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7035801 035 $a(OCoLC)70671513 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB162029 035 $a(OCoLC)857544356 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473518 100 $a20130418d2006|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPowers $eA Study in Metaphysics 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-19-169553-X 311 08$a0-19-920417-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aGeorge 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 606 $aCausation 606 $aDisposition (Philosophy) 606 $aMetaphysics 606 $aPower (Philosophy) 615 4$aCausation. 615 4$aDisposition (Philosophy). 615 4$aMetaphysics. 615 4$aPower (Philosophy). 676 $a110 676 $a110 700 $aMolnar$b George$01859964 701 $aMumford$b Stephen$0923261 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972005703321 996 $aPowers$94464355 997 $aUNINA