Properties, powers, and structures : issues in the metaphysics of realism / / edited by Alexander Bird, Brian Ellis, and Howard Sankey
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| Titolo: |
Properties, powers, and structures : issues in the metaphysics of realism / / edited by Alexander Bird, Brian Ellis, and Howard Sankey
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 149/.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Realism |
| Science - Philosophy | |
| Classificazione: | 5,1 |
| CC 6000 | |
| Altri autori: |
BirdAlexander <1964->
EllisB. D <1929-> (Brian David)
SankeyHoward
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Properties, powers, and structures |
| ISBN: | 9786613458414 |
| 9781136345715 | |
| 113634571X | |
| 9781283458412 | |
| 1283458411 | |
| 9781136345722 | |
| 1136345728 | |
| 9780203124482 | |
| 0203124480 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910968149603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge studies in metaphysics ; ; v. 5.