Powers : A Study in Metaphysics

• Autore: Molnar George
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 110
• Soggetto topico: Causation; Disposition (Philosophy); Metaphysics; Power (Philosophy)
• Altri autori: MumfordStephen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Powers
• ISBN: 0-19-925978-X; 1-280-75415-X; 0-19-151401-2; 1-4294-7022-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972005703321
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