Reconsidering Causal Powers Historical and Conceptual Perspectives |
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| Editor:
| Hill, Benjamin
Lagerlund, Henrik
Psillos, Stathis |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-886952-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2021 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $100.00 |
Book Description:
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Causal powers are returning to the forefront of realist philosophy of science to fill explanatory gaps seen to be left by reductivist and eliminativist accounts of previous generations. This volume revisits the fortunes of causal powers as scientific explanatory principles across history to foster deeper discussions about their metaphysical natures
Causal powers are returning to the forefront of realist philosophy of science to fill explanatory gaps seen to be left by reductivist and eliminativist accounts of previous generations. This volume revisits the fortunes of causal powers as scientific explanatory principles across history to foster deeper discussions about their metaphysical natures