{"product_id":"reconsidering-causal-powers-c-hardcover","title":"Reconsidering Causal Powers C - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLagerlund Et Al\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCausal powers are returning to the forefront of realist philosophy of science. Once central features of philosophical thinking about the natures of substances and causes, they were banished during the early modern era and the Scientific Revolution. In this volume, distinguished scholars revisit the fortunes of causal powers as scientific explanatory principles within the theories of substance and cause across history. Each chapter focuses on the philosophical roles causal powers were thought to play at the time, and the reasons offered in support, or against, their coherence and ability to perform these roles. By placing rigorous philosophical analyses of thinking about causal powers within their historical contexts, features of their natures which might remain hidden to contemporary practitioners can be more readily identified and more carefully analyzed. The thoughts of such prominent philosophers as Aristotle, Scotus, Ockham, and Buridan are explored, then on through Suarez, Descartes, and Malebranche, to Locke and Hume, and ultimately to contemporary figures like the logical positivists Goodman and Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Hill, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor of Philosophy, The University of Western Ontario\u003c\/em\u003e, Henrik Lagerlund, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of the History of Philosophy, Stockholm University\u003c\/em\u003e, Stathis Psillos, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics, University of Athens\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenjamin Hill is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Western Ontario. His main areas of research are 16th and 17th metaphysics and epistemology, especially regarding the philosophy of mind and language. He is the editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eLocke Studies\u003c\/em\u003e and most recently the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Sixteenth Century Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and \u003cem\u003eSourcebook in the History of Philosophy of Language\u003c\/em\u003e (2017). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenrik Lagerlund is Professor of the History of Philosophy at Stockholm University. He works primarily on medieval and renaissance philosophy, and has written several articles and books. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSkepticism in Philosophy: A Comprehensive, Historical Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Sixteenth Century Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, second edition\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStathis Psillos is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics at the University of Athens. He is an editor of \u003cem\u003eMetascience\u003c\/em\u003e and a founding member and former President of The European Philosophy of Science Association.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729042903103,"sku":"9780198869528","price":188.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/38aa26a3a7e4eb80d6f261a0bff87672.webp?v=1765120751","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/reconsidering-causal-powers-c-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}