The Metaphysics of Powers (eBook, PDF)

Their Grounding and their Manifestations
Redaktion: Marmodoro, Anna

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is a collection of papers that advance our understanding of the metaphysics of powers - properties such as fragility and electric charge. They focus on questions concerning the metaphysics of powers that cut across any particular subject-specific ontological domain -- whether philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, ethics, epistemology - investigating the metaphysical structure of powers, the nature of the manifestation of powers, the necessity or contingency of a power's relation to its manifestations, and powers and causation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 227
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136968358
• Artikelnr.: 43820755

Autorenporträt

Anna Marmodoro is a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Oxford and a Junior Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Anna Marmodoro 1: On the Individuation of Powers, E.J. Lowe 2: Do Powers Need Powers to Make Them Powerful? From Pandispositionalism to Aristotle, Anna Marmodoro 3: Categories and the Ontology of Powers: A Vindication of the Identity Theory of Properties, Kristina Engelhard 4: Powerful Qualities, John Heil 5: Manifestations as Effects, Jennifer McKitrick 6: Puzzling Powers: The Problem of Fit, Neil Williams 7: Dispositions, Manifestations, and Causal Structure, Toby Handfield 8: Causal Powers and Categorical Properties, Brian Ellis 9: A Powerful Theory of Causation, Stephen Mumford and Rani Anjum 10: Causation and the Manifestation of Powers, Alexander Bird 11: Antidotes for Dispositional Essentialism, Markus Schrenk Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

"The strength and variety of the papers in this volume represents a maturity in the metaphysics of powers with a number of programs up and running-some of them seeking collaboration in vision, others locking horns over territory. It offers excellent depth for comparative reading and it's a must read for anyone working in the ontology of powers today." - Duncan C. MacLean, Mount Royal University, Canada in Philosophy in Review

"Marmodoro's volume represents a refreshing turn in the literature on dispositions. [T]he impression that emerges from the book as a whole is one of a maturing movement in metaphysics, well past its reactionary, manifesto-penning stage and into a period of rapid, self-critical development. Anyone with an interest in the prospects for a disposition-based ontology should read it." -Troy Cross, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"The strength and variety of the papers in this volume represents a maturity in the metaphysics of powers with a number of programs up and running-some of them seeking collaboration in vision, others locking horns over territory. It offers excellent depth for comparative reading and it's a must read for anyone working in the ontology of powers today." - Duncan C. MacLean, Mount Royal University, Canada in Philosophy in Review

"Marmodoro's volume represents a refreshing turn in the literature on dispositions. [T]he impression that emerges from the book as a whole is one of a maturing movement in metaphysics, well past its reactionary, manifesto-penning stage and into a period of rapid, self-critical development. Anyone with an interest in the prospects for a disposition-based ontology should read it." -Troy Cross, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews