Dispositions and causes / edited by Toby Handfield.
| Other author | Handfield, Toby. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | viii, 343 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Mind association occasional series |
| Contents | The metaphysics of dispositions and causes / Toby Handfield -- Dispositions, causes, and reduction / Jennifer McKitrick -- Causal structuralism, dispositional actualism, and counterfactual conditionals -- Antony eagle -- Leaving things to take their chances : cause and disposition grounded in chance / Stephen Barker -- Causal laws, policy predictions, and the need for genuine powers / Nancy Cartwright -- How is scientific analysis possible? / Richard Corry -- Agent-causal power / Timothy O'Connor -- Structural properties revisited / Alexander Bird -- Causal nominalism / Ann Whittle -- Why do the laws explain why? / Marc Lange. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008036161 |
| ISBN | 9780199558933 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |