Powers A Study in Metaphysics

Name: Powers A Study in Metaphysics
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ISBN: 9780199204175

ISBN-10: 0199204179

ISBN-13: 9780199204175

Edition: 2006

Authors: George Molnar, Stephen Mumford, D. M. Armstrong

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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. Molnar set about developing a thorough account of powers that might persuade those who remained, perhaps unknowingly, in the grip of Humean assumptions. He succeeded in producing something both highly focused and at the same time wide-ranging. He showed both that the notion of a power was central and that it could serve to dispel a number of long-standing philosophical problems. Molnar's account of powers is as realist as any that has so far appeared. He shows that…

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List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English