208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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.
Recently, there has been a dramatic revival of realist approaches to properties and causation, which focus on the relevance of Aristotelian... Read more
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
Biography
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).
