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Getting causes from powers / Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mumford, Stephen, author.
- Anjum, Rani Lill, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Causation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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