Causal Powers And The Intentionality Continuum
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Author | : William A. Bauer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2022-10-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1009214845 |
Why does anything happen? What is the best account of natural necessity? In this book, William A. Bauer presents and defends a comprehensive account of the internal structure of causal powers that incorporates physical intentionality and information. Bauer explores new lines of thought concerning the theory of pure powers (powerful properties devoid of any qualitative nature), the place of mind in the physical world, and the role of information in explaining fundamental processes. He raises probing questions about physical modality and fundamental properties, and explores the possibility that physical reality and the mind are unified through intentionality. His book will be valuable for researchers and students working in metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind.
Author | : William A. Bauer |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2023-12-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1350336122 |
We inhabit a world not only full of natural dispositions independent of human design, but also artificial dispositions created by our technological prowess. How do these dispositions, found in automation, computation, and artificial intelligence applications, differ metaphysically from their natural counterparts? This collection investigates artificial dispositions: what they are, the roles they play in artificial systems, and how they impact our understanding of the nature of reality, the structure of minds, and the ethics of emerging technologies. It is divided into four parts covering the following interconnected themes: (i) Artificial and Natural Dispositions, (ii) Artificial Systems and Their Dispositions, (iii) Agency, Mind, and Artificial Dispositions, and (iv) Artificial Moral Dispositions. This is a groundbreaking and thought-provoking resource for any student or scholar of philosophy of science, contemporary metaphysics, applied ethics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of technology.
Author | : Michele Paolini Paoletti |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2024-11-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1040255140 |
This book provides an exhaustive overview of the ontology of relations. Moreover, it offers a detailed defense of the existence of irreducible relations in the universe and shows that entities such as powers should be better thought of as relations. At first, the author discusses many classical arguments for and against the existence of relations and draws preliminary distinctions between internal and external relations and symmetrical and non-symmetrical relations. He defends the existence of irreducible relations against several objections, most notably three Bradleyan regresses. In response to these objections, the author argues that both internal and external relations should be thought of as relational modes and that intentional, temporal and spatial relations are external. He also presents several problems that are typically taken to affect non-symmetrical relations and introduces one new version of a theory to deal with them—the O-Roles theory. Finally, the author explores essential dependence relations and causal dependence relations and defends the view that powers are relational modes. The Ontology of Relations will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in metaphysics, philosophy of science, and history of philosophy.
Author | : Carl B Sachs |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1317317580 |
Intentionality is one of the central problems of modern philosophy. How can a thought, action or belief be about something? Sachs draws on the work of Wilfrid Sellars, C I Lewis and Maurice Merleau-Ponty to build a new theory of intentionality that solves many of the problems faced by traditional conceptions.
Author | : Alexander R. Pruss |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2011-05-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441142045 |
Actuality, Possibility and Worlds is an exploration of the Aristotelian account that sees possibilities as grounded in causal powers. On his way to that account, Pruss surveys a number of historical approaches and argues that logicist approaches to possibility are implausible. The notion of possible worlds appears to be useful for many purposes, such as the analysis of counterfactuals or elucidating the nature of propositions and properties. This usefulness of possible worlds makes for a second general question: Are there any possible worlds and, if so, what are they? Are they concrete universes as David Lewis thinks, Platonic abstracta as per Robert M. Adams and Alvin Plantinga, or maybe linguistic or mathematical constructs such as Heller thinks? Or is perhaps Leibniz right in thinking that possibilia are not on par with actualities and that abstracta can only exist in a mind, so that possible worlds are ideas in the mind of God?
Author | : Jonathan D. Jacobs |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198796579 |
We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, and abilities-to describe the world around us, both in everyday life and in scientific practice. This volume presents new work on the nature of causal powers, and their connections with other phenomena within metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind.
Author | : Andrei Buckareff |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2016-04-29 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1137414952 |
In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in problems related to human agency and responsibility by philosophers and researchers in cognate disciplines. The present volume brings together original contributions by leading specialists working in this vital field of philosophical inquiry. The contents represent the state of the art of philosophical research on intentional agency, free will, and moral responsibility. The volume begins with chapters on the metaphysics of agency and moves to chapters examining various problems of luck. The final two sections have a normative focus, with the first of the two containing chapters examining issues related to responsible agency and blame and the chapters in the final section examine responsibility and relationships. This book will be of interest to researchers and students interested in both metaphysical and normative issues related to human agency.
Author | : D. W. Hamlyn |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1984-09-06 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780521286909 |
An introduction to metaphysics concentrating on central metaphysical concepts and problems. Includes the principles of ontology, substance, particulars and universals, monism and pluralism, space and time, minds, self and personal identity.
Author | : Glenn Richard Butterton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1984 |
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Author | : Raymond Caldwell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2006-04-27 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134357885 |
This excellent book remaps the limits and possibilities of change, clearly shifting the focus from outmoded debates on agency and structure to new practice-based discourses on agency and change. Offering readers a selective and critical review of key literature and empirical research, it will help students contextualize this complex subject area and independently evaluate future prospects for effective change agent roles in organizations Presenting an interdisciplinary exploration of competing discourses, the book uses two overarching conceptual continua: centred agency-decentred agency and systems-processes, thereby allowing a more intensive focus on agency and change. Well-written with challenging content, this book is essential reading for those interested in the origins, development and future prospects for change agency in an organizational world characterized by increasing complexity, risk and uncertainty.