Skip to content Skip to navigation
University of Warwick
  • Study
  • |
  • Research
  • |
  • Business
  • |
  • Alumni
  • |
  • News
  • |
  • About

University of Warwick
Publications service & WRAP

Highlight your research

  • WRAP
    • Home
    • Search WRAP
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse WRAP by Year
    • Browse WRAP by Subject
    • Browse WRAP by Department
    • Browse WRAP by Funder
    • Browse Theses by Department
  • Publications Service
    • Home
    • Search Publications Service
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse Publications service by Year
    • Browse Publications service by Subject
    • Browse Publications service by Department
    • Browse Publications service by Funder
  • Help & Advice
University of Warwick

The Library

  • Login
  • Admin

Properties and powers

Tools
- Tools
+ Tools

Kelly, Alexander J. (2009) Properties and powers. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

[img] PDF
WRAP_THESIS_Kelly_2009.pdf - Requires a PDF viewer.

Download (699Kb)
Official URL: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b2334444~S15

Request Changes to record.

Abstract

This thesis concerns the relation between the fundamental properties and the powers they confer. The views
considered are introduced in terms of their acceptance or rejection of the quiddistic thesis. Essentially the
quiddistic thesis claims that properties confer the powers they do neither necessarily nor sufficiently.
Quidditism is the view that accepts the quiddistic thesis. The other two views to be considered, the pure powers
view and the grounded view reject the quiddistic thesis. The pure powers view supports its denial of the
quiddistic thesis with the claim that properties consist in conferring the powers they do; the possession of a
property just is the possession of a power. The grounded view, the positive view of this thesis, rejects the idea
that properties are constituted by conferring the causal powers they do. Rather on the grounded view, it is the
natures of the fundamental properties that metaphysically explain why they confer the powers they do.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation (PhD)
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Tropes (Philosophy) -- Research, Power (Philosophy) -- Research, Grounded theory, Ontology, Metaphysics
Official Date: September 2009
Dates:
DateEvent
September 2009Submitted
Institution: University of Warwick
Theses Department: Department of Philosophy
Thesis Type: PhD
Publication Status: Unpublished
Format of File: pdf
Extent: 187 leaves
Language: eng

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics

twitter

Email us: publications@live.warwick.ac.uk
Contact Details
About Us