Dispositions And Causal Powers
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Author |
: Bruno Gnassounou |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 343 |
Release |
: 2016-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317149491 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317149491 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dispositions and Causal Powers by : Bruno Gnassounou
Dispositions are everywhere. We say that a wall is hard, that water quenches thirst and is transparent, that dogs can swim and oak trees can let their leaves fall, and that acid has the power to corrode metals. All these statements express attributions of dispositions, be they physical, physiological or psychological, yet there is much philosophical debate about how far, if at all, dispositional predicates can have complete meaning or figure in causal explanations. This collection of essays, by leading international researchers, examine the case for realism with respect to dispositions and causal powers in both metaphysics and science. Among the issues debated in this book is whether dispositions can be analyzed in terms of conditionals, whether all dispositions have a so-called categorical basis and, if they do, what is the relation between the disposition and its basis.
Author |
: Ruth Groff |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2025-05-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1472530586 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781472530585 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Critical Introduction to Causal Powers and Dispositions by : Ruth Groff
A Critical Introduction to Causation and Causal Powers responds to a groundswell of interest in the topic of causal powers in contemporary metaphysics, presenting a fresh systematic overview of the realist literature,debates and arguments. Introducing the topic via the lens of a contrast between passivism and anti-passivism, the contrast is established in the opening historical overview, plotting the course from Aristotle to early modern rationalism, through to Hume, Reid, Kant and Mill. As well as covering contemporary and 20th century neo-Humean accounts, this introduction includes a review of foundational work on causal powers and dispositional properties in the 1970s, taking care to include both a descriptive and an analytic component. Exploring contemporary anti-passivist thinking about causation, it covers leading theories of causation and provides powers-based approaches to matters such as laws, essences, necessitation, determinism, pandispositionalism, transitivity and induction. The ascription of causal powers to different kinds of potential causal bearer is also addressed: individual agents, sociological phenomena; abstractions and absences. Offering a balanced approach to this key metaphysical topic, A Critical Introduction to Causation and Causal Powers not only introduces debates amongst anti-passivists, but explains throughout how the same issues are handled by passivists. With study questions and references for further reading at the end of each chapter, this is an accessible, up-to-date overview designed for students and researchers working in metaphysics today.
Author |
: Bruno Gnassounou |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 316 |
Release |
: 2016-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317149507 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317149505 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dispositions and Causal Powers by : Bruno Gnassounou
Dispositions are everywhere. We say that a wall is hard, that water quenches thirst and is transparent, that dogs can swim and oak trees can let their leaves fall, and that acid has the power to corrode metals. All these statements express attributions of dispositions, be they physical, physiological or psychological, yet there is much philosophical debate about how far, if at all, dispositional predicates can have complete meaning or figure in causal explanations. This collection of essays, by leading international researchers, examine the case for realism with respect to dispositions and causal powers in both metaphysics and science. Among the issues debated in this book is whether dispositions can be analyzed in terms of conditionals, whether all dispositions have a so-called categorical basis and, if they do, what is the relation between the disposition and its basis.
Author |
: Jonathan D. Jacobs |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 245 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198796572 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198796579 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Causal Powers by : Jonathan D. Jacobs
We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, and abilities-to describe the world around us, both in everyday life and in scientific practice. This volume presents new work on the nature of causal powers, and their connections with other phenomena within metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind.
Author |
: Toby Handfield |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 355 |
Release |
: 2009-02-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191565410 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191565415 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dispositions and Causes by : Toby Handfield
In recent decades, the analysis of causal relations has become a topic of central importance in analytic philosophy. More recently, dispositional properties have also become objects of intense study. Both of these phenomena appear to be intimately related to counterfactual conditionals and other modal phenomena such as objective chance, but little work has been done to directly relate them. Dispositions and Causes contains ten essays by scholars working in both metaphysics and in philosophy of science, examining the relation between dispositional and causal concepts. Particular issues discussed include the possibility of reducing dispositions to causes, and vice versa; the possibility of a nominalist theory of causal powers; the attempt to reduce all metaphysical necessity to dispositional properties; the relationship between dispositions, causes, and laws of nature; the role of causal capacities in explaining the success of scientific inquiry; the grounding of dispositions and causes in objective chances; and the type of causal power required for free agency. The introductory chapter contains a detailed overview of recent work in the area, providing a helpful entry to the literature for non-specialists.
Author |
: Richard Corry |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 253 |
Release |
: 2019-07-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192577207 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192577204 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Power and Influence by : Richard Corry
The world is a complex place, and this complexity is an obstacle to our attempts to explain, predict, and control it. In Power and Influence, Richard Corry investigates the assumptions that are built into the reductive method of explanation—the method whereby we study the components of a complex system in relative isolation and use the information so gained to explain or predict the behaviour of the complex whole. He investigates the metaphysical presuppositions built into the reductive method, seeking to ascertain what the world must be like in order that the method could work. Corry argues that the method assumes the existence of causal powers that manifest causal influence—a relatively unrecognised ontological category, of which forces are a paradigm example. The success of the reductive method, therefore, is an argument for the existence of such causal influences. The book goes on to show that adding causal influence to our ontology gives us the resources to solve some traditional problems in the metaphysics of causal powers, laws of nature, causation, emergence, and possibly even normative ethics. What results, then, is not just an understanding of the reductive method, but an integrated metaphysical worldview that is grounded in an ontology of power and influence.
Author |
: Toby Handfield |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 354 |
Release |
: 2009-02-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191609695 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191609692 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dispositions and Causes by : Toby Handfield
In recent decades, the analysis of causal relations has become a topic of central importance in analytic philosophy. More recently, dispositional properties have also become objects of intense study. Both of these phenomena appear to be intimately related to counterfactual conditionals and other modal phenomena such as objective chance, but little work has been done to directly relate them. Dispositions and Causes contains ten essays by scholars working in both metaphysics and in philosophy of science, examining the relation between dispositional and causal concepts. Particular issues discussed include the possibility of reducing dispositions to causes, and vice versa; the possibility of a nominalist theory of causal powers; the attempt to reduce all metaphysical necessity to dispositional properties; the relationship between dispositions, causes, and laws of nature; the role of causal capacities in explaining the success of scientific inquiry; the grounding of dispositions and causes in objective chances; and the type of causal power required for free agency. The introductory chapter contains a detailed overview of recent work in the area, providing a helpful entry to the literature for non-specialists.
Author |
: Ruth Groff |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 362 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780415889889 |
ISBN-13 |
: 041588988X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Powers and Capacities in Philosophy by : Ruth Groff
Published in 2012, Powers and Capacities in Philosophy is a valuable contribution to the field of Philosophy.
Author |
: Jonathan D. Jacobs |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
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: |
ISBN-10 |
: 0191837830 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780191837838 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Causal Powers by : Jonathan D. Jacobs
We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, and abilities-to describe the world around us, both in everyday life and in scientific practice. This volume presents new work on the nature of causal powers, and their connections with other phenomena within metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind.
Author |
: Stephen Mumford |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 271 |
Release |
: 2011-09-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199695614 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019969561X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Getting Causes from Powers by : Stephen Mumford
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.