This volume congregates articles of leading philosophers about potentials and potentiality in all areas of philosophy and the empirical sciences in which they play a relevant role. It is the first encompassing collection of articles on the metaphysics of potentials and potentiality.

Introduction; Kristina Engelhard.- Part I The Concept of Potentiality in the History of Philosophy - Aristotle.- 1 Potentiality in Aristotle's Metaphysics; Anna Marmodoro.- 2 Potentiality in Aristotle's Physics and Biology; Stephen Makin.- 3 Potentiality in Aristotle's Psychology and Ethics; Frans A. J. de Haas.- Part II The Concept of Potentiality in the History of Philosophy - Medieval Philosophy.- 4 Potentiality in Classical Arabic Thought; Taneli Kukkonen.- 5 Potentiality in the Late Middle Ages - the Latin Tradition; Stephan Schmid.- Part III The Concept of Potentiality in the History of Philosophy - Early Modern Philosophy.- 6 Potentiality in Rationalism; Michael-Thomas Liske.- 7 Potentiality in British Empiricism; Katia Saporiti.- Part IV The Metaphysics of Potentials.- 8 Real Potential; Jennifer McKitrick.- 9 Powers and Potentiality; Stephen Mumford / Rani Lill Anjum.- 10 From Potentiality to Possibility; Barbara Vetter.- Part V Potentiality in Specific Fields of Philosophy.- 11 Potentialities in the Philosophy of Mind; Frank Hofmann.- 12 Potentiality in Bioethics; Marco Stier.- Part VI Potentiality in the Sciences.- 13 Potentiality in Physics ; Max Kistler.- 14 Aspects of the Concept of Potentiality in Chemistry; Robin F. Hendry / Paul Needham.- 15 Potentiality in Biology; Andreas Hüttemann / Marie I. Kaiser.- About the Contributors.