The Intensity of Powers

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21293744
AutoresGiovanni Giannini (0000-0001-9427-937X, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, autor correspondente)
Ano2026
Páginas1-19
Data de publicação2026-07-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAustralasian Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0004-8402 • E-ISSN: 1470-6828
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00048402.2026.2684543
OpenAlexW7167636403
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas26

Dispositions come in degrees. Powers theorists have suggested that this is explained by the fact that powers come in degrees, too. Degrees of powers have usually been characterised in terms of the robustness of the modal connection between power, stimulus, and manifestation. However, modal strength cannot account for all our comparative judgements between dispositions. In this paper, I argue that there is also a different kind of degrees of powers, which I dub intensity. Intensity is connected to the relation between the magnitude of stimuli and manifestations. I first develop a number of models for intensity degrees; then, I argue that intensity is conceptually independent from modal strength, and that it can do important explanatory work

Connection (principal bundle) · Intensity (physics) · Modal · Relation (database) · Robustness (evolution) · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights