{"product_id":"9781472530585","title":"Critical Introduction to Causal Powers Rejecting Passivism, Then and Now","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Critical Introductions to Contemporary Metaphysics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCritical Introduction to Causal Powers\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRejecting Passivism, Then and Now\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRuth Groff\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Epistemology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Critical Introduction to Causation and Causal Powers\u003c\/i\u003e responds  to a groundswell of interest in the topic of causal powers in  contemporary metaphysics, presenting a fresh systematic overview of the  realist literature,debates and arguments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing the topic  via the lens of a contrast between passivism and anti-passivism, the  contrast is established in the opening historical overview, plotting the  course from Aristotle to early modern rationalism, through to Hume,  Reid, Kant and Mill. As well as covering contemporary and 20th century  neo-Humean accounts, this introduction includes a review of foundational  work on causal powers and dispositional properties in the 1970s, taking  care to include both a descriptive and an analytic component. Exploring  contemporary anti-passivist thinking about causation, it covers leading  theories of causation and provides powers-based approaches to matters  such as laws, essences, necessitation, determinism, pandispositionalism,  transitivity and induction. The ascription of causal powers to  different kinds of potential causal bearer is also addressed: individual  agents, sociological phenomena; abstractions and absences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffering a balanced approach to this key metaphysical topic, \u003ci\u003eA Critical Introduction to Causation and Causal Powers \u003c\/i\u003enot  only introduces debates amongst anti-passivists, but explains  throughout how the same issues are handled by passivists. With study  questions and references for further reading at the end of each chapter,  this is an accessible, up-to-date overview designed for students and  researchers working in metaphysics today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRuth Groff \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Saint Louis University, USA, where she teaches political theory and philosophy. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCritical Realism, Post-positivism and the Possibility of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eRevitalizing Causality\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and\u003ci\u003e Subject and Object: Frankfurt School Writings on Epistemology, Ontology, and Method \u003c\/i\u003e(2014).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 March 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472530585\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223561404556,"sku":"9781472530585","price":85.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7220b8b9-62a3-4435-b1cb-01869bcc2c45.jpg?v=1783077065","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472530585","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}