Getting causes from powers
Mumford, StephenAuthor
Anjum, Rani LillContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
Causation is everywhere in the world: it features in every science and technology. But how much do we understand it? Here the authors develop a new theory of causation based on an ontology of real powers or dispositions. They provide the first detailed outline of a thoroughly dispositional approach, and explore its surprising features.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Causation is everywhere in the world: it features in every science and technology. But how much do we understand it? Here the authors develop a new theory of causation based on an ontology of real powers or dispositions. They provide the first detailed outline of a thoroughly dispositional approach, and explore its surprising features.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Passing powers around -- Modelling causes as vectors -- Against necessity -- Reductionism, holism, and emergence -- Simultaneity -- Explanation, absences, and counterfactuals -- The logic of causation -- Primitive modality -- Perceiving causes -- A biologically disposed theory of causation -- Conclusion.
Causation
Philosophy
Philosophy & Religion
Speculative Philosophy