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| Putting Powers Back On Multi-Track | |
| Συγγραφέας: Neil E. Williams Neil E. Williams: Putting Powers Back On Multi-Track (pdf, 14 pages)  Power  theorists  are  divided  on  the  question  of  whether  individual powers  are  single-track  (for  a  single  manifestation  type)  or  are  multi-track (capable of producing distinct manifestation types for distinct stimuli).  EJ Lowe has recently defended single-tracking, arguing that the multi-tracker can provide no  adequate  reason  for  treating  powers  as  capable  of  having  multiple manifestation  types,  and  claiming  that  putative  instances  of  multi-track  powers are  either  single-track  powers  in  need  of  unifying  descriptions  or  are  merely several  single-track  powers.    I  respond  to  Lowe  on  behalf  of  the  multi-tracker, first by arguing that he overlooks the extra-empirical features of the debate, then by  posing  a  dilemma  for  any  single-track  account  of  powers  concerning  the single-tracker’s  ability  to  appropriately  deal  with  fine-grained  manifestation types.    Finally  I  provide  the  aforementioned  reason  for  thinking  that  there  are multi-track powers. | |
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