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Downward causation plays a fundamental role in many theories of
metaphysics and philosophy of mind. It is strictly connected with
many topics in philosophy, including but not limited to: emergence,
mental causation, the nature of causation, the nature of causal
powers and dispositions, laws of nature, and the possibility of
ontological and epistemic reductions. Philosophical and Scientific
Perspectives on Downward Causation brings together experts from
different fields-including William Bechtel, Stewart Clark and Tom
Lancaster, Carl Gillett, John Heil, Robin F. Hendry, Max Kistler,
Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum -who delve into classic and
unexplored lines of philosophical inquiry related to downward
causation. It critically assesses the possibility of downward
causation given different ontological assumptions and explores the
connection between downward causation and the metaphysics of
causation and dispositions. Finally, it presents different cases of
downward causation in empirical fields such as physics, chemistry,
biology and the neurosciences. This volume is both a useful
introduction and a collection of original contributions on this
fascinating and hotly debated philosophical topic.
Downward causation plays a fundamental role in many theories of
metaphysics and philosophy of mind. It is strictly connected with
many topics in philosophy, including but not limited to: emergence,
mental causation, the nature of causation, the nature of causal
powers and dispositions, laws of nature, and the possibility of
ontological and epistemic reductions. Philosophical and Scientific
Perspectives on Downward Causation brings together experts from
different fields-including William Bechtel, Stewart Clark and Tom
Lancaster, Carl Gillett, John Heil, Robin F. Hendry, Max Kistler,
Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum -who delve into classic and
unexplored lines of philosophical inquiry related to downward
causation. It critically assesses the possibility of downward
causation given different ontological assumptions and explores the
connection between downward causation and the metaphysics of
causation and dispositions. Finally, it presents different cases of
downward causation in empirical fields such as physics, chemistry,
biology and the neurosciences. This volume is both a useful
introduction and a collection of original contributions on this
fascinating and hotly debated philosophical topic.
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