Powers : a history / edited by Julia Jorati.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jorati, Julia, editor.

Series:

Oxford philosophical concepts.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford philosophical concepts

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Causation--History.

Causation.

Power (Philosophy)--History.

Power (Philosophy).

Disposition (Philosophy)--History.

Disposition (Philosophy).

Metaphysics--History.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 322 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This edited volume explores the history of the concept of metaphysical powers. Examples of such powers include the power of fire to heat water, the power of a wine glass to break, and the power of an acorn to grow into a tree. It traces the fascinating history of this concept from antiquity to the present day, with chapters written by experts in their fields. Scholars probe the philosophical views of thinkers including Anaxagoras, Plato, the Stoics, Abelard, Anselm, Henry of Ghent, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Margaret Cavendish, Mary Shepherd, Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and numerous others.

Contents:

Introduction

1 Causal Powers in Aristotle and His Predecessors

2 Platonic and Stoic Powers

Reflection: Power, Nature, Body, Soul, Music

3 Emanationist Powers: Plotinus, Theology of Aristotle, and Ibn Gabirol

4 The Power of Possibility: Power, Nature, and Possibility in Avicenna

Reflection: Bâ on Power

5 Causal Powers in the Latin Christian West

6 Causal Powers and Ontology in Descartes, Malebranche, and Leibniz

Reflection: Taming Material Powers: From Paracelsus to Frankenstein

7 The Power of Self-​Motion in Cavendish's Nature

8 "Plastick Powers" and the Power of Sympathy in Cudworth and More: The Spirit of Nature and Plastic Nature

Reflection: Locating Powers in Early-​Modern Religious Imagery

9 Powers in Britain, 1689-​1827

10 The Metaphysics of Powers in Kant and Hegel

11 Powers in Contemporary Philosophy.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 10, 2021).

ISBN:

0-19-092554-X

0-19-092555-8

0-19-092553-1

OCLC:

1233024461