Causal Powers
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Causal Powers
Author: Jonathan D. Jacobs
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: 2017
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.
Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers
Author: Gloria Frost
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2022-08-11
This book reconstructs and analyses Aquinas's theories of efficient causation and causal powers.
Causal Powers and the Intentionality Continuum
Author: William A. Bauer
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2022-10-20
Why does anything happen? What is the best account of natural necessity? In this book, William A. Bauer presents and defends a comprehensive account of the internal structure of causal powers that incorporates physical intentionality and information. Bauer explores new lines of thought concerning the theory of pure powers (powerful properties devoid of any qualitative nature), the place of mind in the physical world, and the role of information in explaining fundamental processes. He raises probing questions about physical modality and fundamental properties, and explores the possibility that physical reality and the mind are unified through intentionality. His book will be valuable for researchers and students working in metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind.