Self-Transforming Powers
I investigate the hitherto unexplored hypothesis that powers may be ontically vague, and offer an account of what powers would be like in such a case. The proposed account offers an innovative characterisation of powers as forces that transform themselves into their manifestations. It builds on, but...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Ubiquity Press
2024-11-01
|
| Series: | Metaphysics |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://account.metaphysicsjournal.com/index.php/up-j-m/article/view/143 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850123012750180352 |
|---|---|
| author | Elisa Paganini |
| author_facet | Elisa Paganini |
| author_sort | Elisa Paganini |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | I investigate the hitherto unexplored hypothesis that powers may be ontically vague, and offer an account of what powers would be like in such a case. The proposed account offers an innovative characterisation of powers as forces that transform themselves into their manifestations. It builds on, but also critiques, Neil E. Williams’s (2019) recent theory of powers. I conclude by considering the general implications of my proposal for the metaphysics of causality. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-2afa8f95b0de426ba3a325642acb2f5b |
| institution | OA Journals |
| issn | 2515-8279 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2024-11-01 |
| publisher | Ubiquity Press |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Metaphysics |
| spelling | doaj-art-2afa8f95b0de426ba3a325642acb2f5b2025-08-20T02:34:42ZengUbiquity PressMetaphysics2515-82792024-11-017199–11599–11510.5334/met.143143Self-Transforming PowersElisa Paganini0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4011-9092Università degli Studi di MilanoI investigate the hitherto unexplored hypothesis that powers may be ontically vague, and offer an account of what powers would be like in such a case. The proposed account offers an innovative characterisation of powers as forces that transform themselves into their manifestations. It builds on, but also critiques, Neil E. Williams’s (2019) recent theory of powers. I conclude by considering the general implications of my proposal for the metaphysics of causality.https://account.metaphysicsjournal.com/index.php/up-j-m/article/view/143powersvaguenesscausality |
| spellingShingle | Elisa Paganini Self-Transforming Powers Metaphysics powers vagueness causality |
| title | Self-Transforming Powers |
| title_full | Self-Transforming Powers |
| title_fullStr | Self-Transforming Powers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Transforming Powers |
| title_short | Self-Transforming Powers |
| title_sort | self transforming powers |
| topic | powers vagueness causality |
| url | https://account.metaphysicsjournal.com/index.php/up-j-m/article/view/143 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT elisapaganini selftransformingpowers |