Glynn, L;
(2012)
"Getting Causes from Powers", by Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum.
[Review].
Mind
, 121
(484)
pp. 1099-1106.
10.1093/mind/fzt010.
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Abstract
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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | "Getting Causes from Powers", by Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mind/fzt010 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzt010 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Mind following peer review. The version of record, Glynn, L; (2012) "Getting Causes from Powers", by Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum. [Review]. Mind, 121 (484) pp. 1099-1106, is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzt010. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473524 |
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