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REVIEW OF Getting Causes from Powers, by Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum

Glynn, Luke (2012) REVIEW OF Getting Causes from Powers, by Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum. [Published Article]

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    In this book, Mumford and Anjum advance a theory of causation based on a metaphysics of powers. The book is for the most part lucidly written, and contains some interesting contributions: in particular on the (lack of) necessary connection between cause and effect and on the perceivability of the causal relation. I do, however, have reservations about some of the book’s central theses: in particular, that cause and effect are simultaneous, and that causes can fruitfully be represented as vectors.

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    Item Type: Published Article
    Keywords: Causation; powers; dispositions; simultaneous causation; vectors
    Subjects: General Issues > Causation
    Depositing User: Dr. Luke Glynn
    Date Deposited: 05 May 2013 12:25
    Last Modified: 05 May 2013 12:25
    Item ID: 9723
    Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Official URL: http://mind.oxfordjournals.org/content/121/484/109...
    DOI or Unique Handle.: 10.1093/mind/fzt010
    URI: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9723

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