Powers:A Study in Metaphysics: A Study in Metaphysics
George Molnar (ed.)
Oxford University Press (2003)
Abstract
George Molnar came to see that the solution to a number of the problems in contemporary philosophy lay in the development of an alternative to Hume's metaphysics, with real causal powers at its center. Molnar's eagerly anticipated book setting out his theory of powers was almost complete when he died, and has been prepared for publication by Stephen Mumford, who provides a context-setting introduction.Reprint years
2006
Call number
BD541.M54 2003
ISBN(s)
0199204179 9780199204175
DOI
10.1093/mind/fzi435
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