This book critically examines the recent discussions of powers and powers-based accounts of causation. The author then develops an original view of powers-based causation that aims to be compatible with the theories and findings of natural science.
This book critically examines the recent discussions of powers and powers-based accounts of causation. The author then develops an original view of powers-based causation that aims to be compatible with the theories and findings of natural science.
R. D. Ingthorsson is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, Finland.. He is the author of McTaggart's Paradox (Routledge, 2016) and co-editor of Mental Causation and Ontology (2013).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Powers Based vs. Neo-Humean Approaches 3. Causal Realism 4. Causal Production 5. Causal Necessity 6. Constitution and Persistence 7. Substance and Process 8. Powers 9. A Critique of Counterfactual Theories of Causation 10. The Contrast to Competing Views
1. Introduction 2. Powers Based vs. Neo-Humean Approaches 3. Causal Realism 4. Causal Production 5. Causal Necessity 6. Constitution and Persistence 7. Substance and Process 8. Powers 9. A Critique of Counterfactual Theories of Causation 10. The Contrast to Competing Views
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