Name: The Metaphysics of Contingency: A Theory of Objects’ Abilities and Dispositions (Mind, Meaning and Metaphysics) (en Inglés)
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Author: Huoranszki, Ferenc
ISBN: 9781350277144

portada The Metaphysics of Contingency: A Theory of Objects’ Abilities and Dispositions (Mind, Meaning and Metaphysics) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Ferenc Huoranszki

Editorial

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

248

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

23.4 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm

Peso

0.52 kg.

ISBN13

9781350277144

Categorías

Filosofía de la ciencia
Influencia de la ciencia y la tecnología
Metafísica y ontología
Lógica

The Metaphysics of Contingency: A Theory of Objects’ Abilities and Dispositions (Mind, Meaning and Metaphysics) (en Inglés)

Ferenc Huoranszki (Autor) · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "The Metaphysics of Contingency: A Theory of Objects’ Abilities and Dispositions (Mind, Meaning and Metaphysics) (en Inglés)"

Philosophers approach the problem of possibility in two markedly different ways: with reference to worlds, whereby an event is possible if there is a world in which it occurs, and with reference to modal properties, whereby an event is a possible manifestation of a property of some substance or object.Showing how the world-account cannot properly explain the nature of possibilities within worlds, Ferenc Huoranszki argues that the latter approach is more plausible. He develops a theory of contingent possibilities grounded in a distinction between abilities and dispositions as real, first-order modal properties of objects, with fundamentally distinct ontological roles. By understanding abilities as first-order modal properties, and by linking such modal properties to counterfactual conditionals, Huoranszki argues we can distinguish between variably generic or specific abilities and identify more or less abstract possibilities ina world. In doing so, he furthers our understanding of how we reason with possibilities in both ordinary and theoretical contexts. Providing a novel account of dispositions, abilities and their capacity to explain modality, this book advances current debates in contemporary metaphysics.