Understanding Powers
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Chapter 4 offers further development of the nature of powers, starting with the claim that all powers are intrinsic properties, and thus that none are extrinsic. It is argued that powers must be genuinely powerful, and that this demands they be novel and non-derivative. It is then argued that powers are multi-track; that is, capable of producing numerous, distinct types of manifestation. Lastly, the identity of power properties is discussed. An account in which powers contain an internal blueprint of potential interaction states that fixes their natures is developed out of a metaphysical coordination problem for power properties (fit).
1997 ◽
Vol 24
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pp. 81-121
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1974 ◽
Vol 32
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pp. 472-473
1994 ◽
Vol 52
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pp. 802-803
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2005 ◽
Vol 51
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pp. 36-36
2013 ◽
Vol 21
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pp. 24-33
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