Powers : a study in metaphysics / George Molnar ; edited with an introduction by Stephen Mumford ; and a foreword by D.M. Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Molnar, George, -1999, author.

Contributor:

Mumford, Stephen, editor, writer of introduction.

Armstrong, D. M. (David Malet), 1926-2014, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Causation.

Disposition (Philosophy).

Metaphysics.

Power (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Study in metaphysics

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Introduction: George Molnar and Powers / Stephen Mumford

Powers / George Molnar

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-925978-X

1-280-75415-X

0-19-151401-2

1-4294-7022-4

OCLC:

437094038