A Powerful Particulars View of Causation

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 real...

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description 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 metaphysics and the notion of powers for a scientifically informed view of causation. In this book, R.D. Ingthorsson argues that one central feature of powers-based accounts of causation is arguably incompatible with what is today recognised as fact in the sciences, notably that all interactions are thoroughly reciprocal. Ingthorsson’s powerful particulars view of causation accommodates for the reciprocity of interactions. It also draws out the consequences of that view for issue of causal necessity and offers a way to understand the constitution and persistence of compound objects as causal phenomena. Furthermore, Ingthorsson argues that compound entities, so understood, are just as much processes as they are substances. A Powerful Particulars View of Causation will be of great interest to scholars and advanced students working in metaphysics, philosophy of science, and neo-Aristotelian philosophy, while also being accessible for a general audience. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003094241, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1223312025-03-23T20:49:50Z A Powerful Particulars View of Causation Ingthorsson, R.D. Aristotelian Metaphysics causal necessity causal production causal realism causation constitution counterfactuals metaphysics objects persistence powerful particulars powers powers-based metaphysics properties qualities R.D. Ingthorsson substance 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 metaphysics and the notion of powers for a scientifically informed view of causation. In this book, R.D. Ingthorsson argues that one central feature of powers-based accounts of causation is arguably incompatible with what is today recognised as fact in the sciences, notably that all interactions are thoroughly reciprocal. Ingthorsson’s powerful particulars view of causation accommodates for the reciprocity of interactions. It also draws out the consequences of that view for issue of causal necessity and offers a way to understand the constitution and persistence of compound objects as causal phenomena. Furthermore, Ingthorsson argues that compound entities, so understood, are just as much processes as they are substances. A Powerful Particulars View of Causation will be of great interest to scholars and advanced students working in metaphysics, philosophy of science, and neo-Aristotelian philosophy, while also being accessible for a general audience. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003094241, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. 2023-11-17T10:05:11Z 2023-11-17T10:05:11Z 2023-08-31T08:42:33Z 2021 book ONIX_20230831_9781000360998_26 OCN: 1233311133 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/75956 9781000360998 9780367555986 9780367486297 9781003094241 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/122331 eng Routledge Studies in Metaphysics open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/75956/1/9781000360998.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/75956/1/9781000360998.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/75956/1/9781000360998.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003094241 10.4324/9781003094241 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Riksbankens Jubileumsfond 2047b06c-7dbe-4fc1-b2e3-31680fd7cd70 9781000360998 9780367555986 9780367486297 9781003094241 Routledge 208 [...] open access
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