The metaphysics of powers
Subtitle: their grounding and their manifestations
By: edited by Anna Marmodoro.
Contributors: Marmodoro, Anna, 1975-
Series: Routledge studies in metaphysics -- 2
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415876858
Subjects: Power (Philosophy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: On the individuation of powers / E.J. Lowe; title: Do powers need powers to make them powerful?: from pandispositionalism to Aristotle / Anna Marmodoro; title: Categories and the ontology of powers: a vindication of the identity theory of properties / Kristina Engelhard; title: Powerful qualities / John Heil; title: Manifestations as effects / Jennifer McKitrick; title: Puzzling powers: the problem of fit / Neil Williams; title: Dispositions, manifestations, and causal structure / Toby Handfield; title: Causal powers and categorical properties / Brian Ellis; title: A powerful theory of causation / Stephen Mumford and Rani Anjum; title: Causation and the manifestation of powers / Alexander Bird; title: Antidotes for dispositional essentialism / Markus Schrenk.