Potentiality: From Dispositions To Modality (Oxford Philosophical Monographs)

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.--

• | Author: Barbara Vetter
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 30, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Philosophy
• | ISBN-10: 0198825862
• | ISBN-13: 9780198825869