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Introduction: determinism in physics and biologyIn Andreas Hüttemann (ed.), Determinism in Physics and Biology (edited book), Mentis. pp. 9--18. 2003.
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1195A disposition-based process theory of causationIn Stephen Mumford & Matthew Tugby (eds.), Metaphysics and Science, Oxford University Press. pp. 101. 2013.Given certain well-known observations by Mach and Russell, the question arises what place there is for causation in the physical world. My aim in this chapter is to understand under what conditions we can use causal terminology and how it fi ts in with what physics has to say. I will argue for a disposition-based process-theory of causation. After addressing Mach’s and Russell’s concerns I will start by outlining the kind of problem the disposition based process-theory of causation is meant to s…Read more
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