Glynn, Luke (2012) REVIEW OF Getting Causes from Powers, by Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum. Mind, 121 (484). pp. 1099-1106.

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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 or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Glynn, Luke lglynn@caltech.edu
Keywords:	Causation; powers; dispositions; simultaneous causation; vectors
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation
Depositing User:	Dr. Luke Fenton-Glynn
Date Deposited:	05 May 2013 16:25
Last Modified:	05 May 2013 16:25
Item ID:	9723
Journal or Publication Title:	Mind
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Official URL:	http://mind.oxfordjournals.org/content/121/484/109...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1093/mind/fzt010
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation
Date:	2012
Page Range:	pp. 1099-1106
Volume:	121
Number:	484
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9723

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