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Powers: A Study in Metaphysics

George Molnar, Stephen Mumford

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The author came to see that the solution to a number of the problems of contemporary philosophy lay in the development of an alternative to Hume's metaphysics. He developed a thorough account of powers that might persuade those who remained perhaps unknowingly, in the grip of Humean assumptions.

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Key concepts: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Intentionality, Power (physics), Philosophy, Subject (documents), Computer science, Library science