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Author Molnar, George, -1999.

Title Powers : a study in metaphysics / George Molnar ; edited with an introduction by Stephen Mumford ; and a foreword by D.M. Armstrong
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description xiv, 238 pages ; 22 cm
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Causation.
Power (Philosophy)
Disposition (Philosophy)
Metaphysics.
Author Mumford, Stephen.
LC no. 2002042557
ISBN 0199204179 paperback
019925978X