Court of Appeals
Title | Court of Appeals PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1388 |
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Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Title | Boston Medical and Surgical Journal PDF eBook |
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Pages | 826 |
Release | 1871 |
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English Mechanics and the World of Science
Title | English Mechanics and the World of Science PDF eBook |
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Pages | 634 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Industrial arts |
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Machinery
Title | Machinery PDF eBook |
Author | Lester Gray French |
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Pages | 954 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | Mechanical engineering |
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American Machinist
Title | American Machinist PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1066 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Machinists |
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine
Title | Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1116 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | Labor unions |
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The Metaphysics of Powers
Title | The Metaphysics of Powers PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Marmodoro |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 413 |
Release | 2010-06-10 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1136968342 |
This volume is a collection of papers that advance our understanding of the metaphysics of powers — properties such as fragility and electric charge. The metaphysics of powers is a fast developing research field with fundamental questions at the forefront of current research, such as Can there be a world of only powers? What is the manifestation of a power? Are powers and their manifestations related by necessity? What are the prospects for dispositional accounts of causation? The papers focus on questions concerning the metaphysics of powers that cut across any particular subject-specific ontological domain -- whether philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, ethics, epistemology – investigating the metaphysical structure of powers, the nature of the manifestation of powers, the necessity or contingency of a power’s relation to its manifestations, and powers and causation. A number of authors also engage in discussion with Humean and neo-Humean treatments of causation, thereby making contributions to a larger metaphysical debate beyond powers. Additionally, the authors engage critically with the latest contributions to the debate on powers in the literature, thereby bringing together in a wholesome and analytical way the most recent and noteworthy theoretical developments in this research field.