Potentiality : from dispositions to modality /
Individual objects have potentials. Paper has the potential to burn, an acorn has the potential to turn into a tree. Barbara Vetter investigates the metaphysics of such potentials, and develops a dispositionalist view of metaphysical modality which takes account of contemporary developments in metap...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford philosophical monographs.
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| Summary: | Individual objects have potentials. Paper has the potential to burn, an acorn has the potential to turn into a tree. Barbara Vetter investigates the metaphysics of such potentials, and develops a dispositionalist view of metaphysical modality which takes account of contemporary developments in metaphysics, logic and semantics. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 335 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198714319 9780198714316 |