All Outputs (16)

Powers and potentiality (2018)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S., & Anjum, R. (2018). Powers and potentiality. In K. Engelhard, & M. Quante (Eds.), Handbook of Potentiality (261 - 278). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1287-1_10

Analytic philosophers have in recent decades rediscovered powers as the basis for an all-encompassing metaphysics and philosophy of nature. What recommends the powers view is its explanatory utility, including a putative explanation of potentiality.... Read More about Powers and potentiality.

Emergence and demergence (2017)
Book Chapter
Anjum, R., & Mumford, S. (2017). Emergence and demergence. . Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315638577

The aesthetics in football: The beautiful game? (2016)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S. (2016). The aesthetics in football: The beautiful game?. In J. Hughson, K. Moore, R. Spaaij, & J. Maguire (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Football Studies (236 - 244). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203066430

Why the beautiful game? Football is frequently called the beautiful game. It presents itself as the most aesthetic of all sports. But how much truth is there in the old cliché, the credit for which is claimed by formerBBC commentator Stuart Hall? In... Read More about The aesthetics in football: The beautiful game?.

Relations all the way down? Against Ontic Structural Realism (2016)
Book Chapter
Briceño, S., & Mumford, S. (2016). Relations all the way down? Against Ontic Structural Realism. In A. Marmodoro, & D. Yates (Eds.), The Metaphysics of Relations (198-217). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198735878.001.0001

A pornographic way of seeing (2013)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S. (2013). A pornographic way of seeing. In H. Maes (Ed.), Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography (58-72). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137367938

We may sometimes wonder whether we are looking at art or pornography. Suppose I flick through a book of Egon Schiele’s works (for example Whitford 1981). The pictures are not just of nudes, which have long been artists’ subjects, but of women or men... Read More about A pornographic way of seeing.

With great power comes great responsibility (2013)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S., & Anjum, R. (2013). With great power comes great responsibility. In B. Kahmen, & M. Stepanians (Eds.), Critical Essays on "Causation and Responsibility" (219 - 238). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110302295.219

Causal dispositionalism (2013)
Book Chapter
Issues in the Metaphysics of Realism (101-118). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203124482

There are various ways that a dispositionalist could go when constructing a theory of causation based on an ontology of real dispositions or what some prefer to call powers. In this paper, we will try to spell out what we take to be the most promisin... Read More about Causal dispositionalism.

Dispositions and ethics (2013)
Book Chapter
Anjum, R., Lie, S., & Mumford, S. (2013). Dispositions and ethics. . Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203075609

A new solution to the problem of negative truth (2013)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S. (2013). A new solution to the problem of negative truth. In J. Monnoyer (Ed.), . De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110326918.313

The power of power (2013)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S. (2013). The power of power. . Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203075609

Filled in space (2012)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S. (2012). Filled in space. In B. Gnassounou, & M. Kistler (Eds.), Dispositions Et Pouvoirs Causaux (67 - 80). Ashgate Publishing

A powerful theory of causation (2010)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S., & Anjum, R. (2010). A powerful theory of causation. . Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203851289

Causal Powers and Capacities (2010)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S. (2010). Causal Powers and Capacities. In H. Beebee, C. Hitchcock, & P. Menzies (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Causation (265 - 278). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199279739.003.0013

A dispositional ontology, admitting a category of power or capacity, is thought by some to offer a vital insight into the nature of causation. Proponents believe that other ontologies lack the metaphysical resources to capture this insight. At its mo... Read More about Causal Powers and Capacities.

Ascribing dispositions (2009)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S. (2009). Ascribing dispositions. In Debating Dispositions: Issues in Metaphysics, Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind (168-185). Walter de Gruyter GmbH and Co. KG. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211825

Powers and persistence (2009)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S. (2009). Powers and persistence. In L. Honnefelder, E. Runggaldier, & B. Schick (Eds.), Unity and Time in Metaphysics (223 - 236). Walter De Gruyter Incorporated. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110212358

Powers, dispositions, properties or a causal realist manifesto (2007)
Book Chapter
Realism about Causality in Philosophy and Social Science (139 - 151). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203932636

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 proje... Read More about Powers, dispositions, properties or a causal realist manifesto.