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Meso-level Objects, Powers, and Simultaneous Causation

Hansson Wahlberg, Tobias LU (2017) In Metaphysica 18(1). p.107-125
Abstract
I argue that Mumford and Anjum’s recent theory of simultaneous causation among powerful meso-level objects is problematic in several respects: it is based on a false dichotomy, it is incompatible with standard meso-level physics, it is explanatory deficient, and it threatens to render the powers metaphysics incoherent. Powers theorists are advised, therefore, to adopt a purely sequential conception of causation.
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powers, causation, simultaneity, dispositions, meso-level objects
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Metaphysica
volume
18
issue
1
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107 - 125
publisher
Springer
external identifiers
  • scopus:85018751223
  • wos:000403495600007
ISSN
1874-6373
DOI
10.1515/mp-2017-0003
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Causation in the Social Domain
Metaphysics and Collectivity
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English
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91d57f7d-b559-46c7-ae26-f15b6f94c80d
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2017-01-23 14:54:47
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