Professor Stephen Mumford stephen.mumford@durham.ac.uk
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Powers, dispositions, properties or a causal realist manifesto
Mumford, S.
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R. Groff
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Abstract
Particular objects and substances are causally powerful and causally responsive. They are able to do things and have things done to them. Dynamite is explosive: able to produce a dramatic bang, flash and flame when lit. A billiard ball is able to project other like objects when it strikes them and has sufficient momentum. Lysergic acid diethylamide is able to produce hallucinations in human beings but also able to turn litmus paper red.
Citation
Realism about Causality in Philosophy and Social Science (139 - 151). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203932636
Publication Date | 2007 |
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Deposit Date | Aug 20, 2019 |
Pages | 139 - 151 |
Edition | 1st ed. |
Book Title | Revitalizing Causality: Realism about Causality in Philosophy and Social Science |
Chapter Number | 8 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203932636 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1631291 |
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