Putting Properties First: A Platonic Metaphysics for Natural Modality
Author:   Matthew Tugby (Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Associate Professor, Durham University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   288
Publication Date:   07 July 2022
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Author:   Matthew Tugby (Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Associate Professor, Durham University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9780198855101


ISBN 10:   0198855109
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   07 July 2022
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Format:   Hardback
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PART I. THE CORE THEORY: MODAL PLATONISM 1: The Scope and Aims of This Book: Properties, Laws, and Dispositions 2: The Platonic Theory of Dispositional Directedness 3: Against Dispositional Essentialism: A Grounding Theory of Natural Modality 4: Solving the Entailment and Governance Problems 5: Dissolving the Problem of Latent Dispositions 6: Objections and Replies PART II. PUTTING PLATONISM TO WORK 7: Instantiation and Repeatability: A Platonic Approach 8: Probabilistic Laws 9: Determinable Laws 10: Extending Modal Platonism 11: Summary Appendix I: Logical Proofs of Chapter Four

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Matthew Tugby is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Durham University. Before moving to Durham in 2013, he was Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. Matthew's research focuses on issues at the intersection of contemporary metaphysics and the philosophy of science, including the topics of properties, dispositions, laws, causation, and modality. He was co-editor of Metaphysics and Science (OUP, 2013) and has published over 20 articles in academic journals such as Analysis, Mind, Philosophical Studies, and Synthese. In 2015 Matthew was the winner of the Mind Association Research Fellowship.

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