On some objections to the powers-BSA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10690504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel Kimpton‐nye (0000-0001-9774-7247, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 998-1006 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqae022 |
| OpenAlex | W4394762362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
This paper responds to Friend's (2023) critique of the Powers-BSA, a view according to which laws of nature are efficient descriptions of how modally laden properties (powers) are possibly distributed in spacetime. In the course of this response, the paper discusses the nature of scientific and metaphysical explanation, the aim of science, and the structure of modal space
Epistemology · Metaphysics · Modal · Physics · Quantum mechanics · Space (punctuation) · Spacetime · Theoretical physics · Chemistry · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
The Structure of the World
Potentiality
A Metaphysics for Scientific Realism
The Powers Metaphysic
Getting Causes from Powers
Nature's Metaphysics
The Varieties of Necessity
A better best system account of lawhood
Reconsidering the Dispositional Essentialist Canon
How to be a powers theorist about functional laws, conservation laws and symmetries
The World as One of a Kind
On Powers BSAs
Laws of Nature
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |