The meta-grounding theory of powerful qualities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21370543 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Austin Coates (0000-0001-8557-3163, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 180 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 2309-2328 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8116 • E-ISSN: 1573-0883 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11098-023-01982-y |
| OpenAlex | W4379232535 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 42 |
A recent, seemingly appealing version of the powerful qualities view defines properties’ qualitativity via an essentialist claim and their powerfulness via a grounding claim. Roughly, this approach holds that properties are qualities because they have qualitative essences, while they are powerful because their instances or essences ground causal-modal facts. I argue that this theory should be replaced with one that defines the powerfulness of qualities in terms of both a grounding claim and a ‘meta-grounding’ claim. Specifically, I formulate and defend a view on which qualities are powerful just if instances of those qualities at least partially ground dispositions in virtue of the essences of those qualities
Common ground · Epistemology · Essentialism · Metaphysics · Modal · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of mind · Virtue · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Social Psychology
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A World of States of Affairs
Potentiality
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From an Ontological Point of View
What is a Law of Nature?
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Grounding Ground
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The Nature of Laws
On What Grounds What
New work for a theory of universals
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Inverse functionalism and the individuation of powers
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Laws of Nature
The Essence of Dispositional Essentialism
Explanatory dispositionalism
Quid Quidditism Est
Powerful Qualities, Zombies and Inconceivability
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |