The Problem of Extension in Natural Philosophy
Philosophia Naturalis 45 (2) (2008)
| Abstract | An overview of the problem of constructing extension combinatorially from qualities cum dispositional powers. In the model recommended here, Grassmann's algebra provides the combinatorial structure while Machian elements give the content. | |||||||||
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