Dispositions and causes / edited by Toby Handfield.

Other author Handfield, Toby.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionviii, 343 p. ; 23 cm.
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SeriesMind 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008036161
ISBN9780199558933 (alk. paper)

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