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Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

Causing Health and Disease: Medical Powers in Classical and Late Antiquity

Philip van der Ejik gives a talk for the Causing Health and Disease: Medical Powers in Classical and Late Antiquit conference, held at Corpus Christi College on 21st-22 September 2012.
Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

A Determinable-based Account of Metaphysical Indeterminacy

Jessica Wilson (University of Toronto) gives a talk for the Metaphysics of Relations Conference, held at Senate House, University of London on 3rd-5th October 2012.
Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

A Platonic Theory of Truthmaking

Berman (St Louis Univ.) lays out and defends a platonic explanation of non-modal and modal truths using Forms as their truthmakers. He argues that this platonic theory is parsimonious, naturalistic, and ontologically serious.
Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

Objective and Subjective Powers and Dispositions

Kistler (Sorbonne) introduces a distinction between powers and dispositions: A 'multi-track disposition' manifests itself in different ways Mi in different triggering circumstances Ti.
Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

Limitations of Power

Bird (Bristol) warns against overextending the case for a powers ontology, arguing that it cannot answer typical questions outside fundamental metaphysics, for example concerning the analysis of causal statements.
Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

Mutual Manifestations and Martin's Two Triangles

Mumford (Nottingham) argues that although superior to a stimulus-response model, Martin's mutual manifestation model must be amended to resemble less mereological composition and more causation.
Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

Identity, Individuality and Discernibility

Ladyman (Bristol) explains the recent debates about the Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles and results about weak discernibility. He considers their implications for structuralism and the light they shed on ontological dependence.
Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

Relational vs. Constituent Ontologies

Van Inwagen (Notre Dame) argues that relational ontologies (denying properties can be constituents of particulars) are preferable to constituent ontologies (holding properties are constituents of the particulars that have them).
Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

Is causation a relation?

Jacobs (St. Louis Univ.) explores the view that between a substance and its power, on one hand, and the result of the substance manifesting its power, there is no relation at all. Thus, causal, relational truths have non-relational ontological grounds.
Philosophy Special Lectures

Some Fundamental Facts about the Infinite

Professor Adrian Moore delivers a lecture on the concept of the infinite, a concept with deep philosophical implications. This lecture was given in St Hugh's College as part of the St Hugh's Special Lecture Series.
Philosophy for Beginners

Metaphysics and Epistemology

Metaphysics and Epistemology: what exists, what is its nature and how can we acquire knowledge of it?
Interviews with Philosophers

Adrian Moore on Metaphysics

Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, explores the definition and origin of metaphysics, and then discusses some of the enduring metaphysical questions.
Interviews with Oxonians

Adrian Moore on Metaphysics

Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, explores the definition and origin of metaphysics, and then discusses some of the enduring metaphysical questions.

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