Reconsidering Causal Powers - Historical and Conceptual Perspectives (Hardcover, 1)

Causal powers are returning to the forefront of realist philosophy of science. Once central features of philosophical thinking about the natures of substances and causes, they were banished during the early modern era and the Scientific Revolution. In this volume, distinguished scholars revisit the fortunes of causal powers as scientific explanatory principles within the theories of substance and cause across history. Each chapter focuses on the philosophical roles causal powers were thought to play at the time, and the reasons offered in support, or against, their coherence and ability to perform these roles. By placing rigorous philosophical analyses of thinking about causal powers within their historical contexts, features of their natures which might remain hidden to contemporary practitioners can be more readily identified and more carefully analyzed. The thoughts of such prominent philosophers as Aristotle, Scotus, Ockham, and Buridan are explored, then on through Suarez, Descartes, and Malebranche, to Locke and Hume, and ultimately to contemporary figures like the logical positivists Goodman and Lewis.

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2021
Editors:	Benjamin Hill (Associate Professor of Philosophy) • Henrik Lagerlund (Professor of the History of Philosophy) • Stathis Psillos (Professor of Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics)
Dimensions:	240 x 165 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
Edition:	1
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-886952-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-886952-5
Barcode:	9780198869528

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