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Causal Closure
Causal Closure Principle
Causal Influence
Causal Over-determination
Causal Overdetermination
Causal Powers
causal powers theory
Causal Relata
chemistry
complex systems biology
Compositional Explanations
Compositional Relations
density functional theory
Downward Causal Influence
Downward Causation
emergence
epistemic reduction
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Erasmus Mayr
formal causation
Francesco Orilia
Francois Jouen
Higher Level Emergent Properties
Higher Level Phenomena
inference
Interventionist Account
interventionist approach
Interventionist Framework
Irreducible Causal Powers
John Heil
Kim's Arguments
Kim’s Arguments
Lower Level Entities
Luciano Boi
Marco Buzzoni
Mario De Caro
Marta Bertolaso
Matteo Grasso
Max Kistler
mental causation
mental causation debate
Mental Properties
metaphysics
metaphysics of mind
Michele Molina
Michele Paolini Paoletti
naturalism
neuroscience
Nomological Determination
Non-reductive Physicalist
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
physics
powers-based approach
Qua Problem
Rani Lill Anjum
reductionism in physical sciences
Robin F. Hendry
scientific emergence
Simone Gozzano
Sophie C. Gibb
Stephen Mumford
Stewart J. Clark
Supervenience Base
Tom Lancaster
upward causation
Uwe Meixner
Vice Versa
William Bechtel

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  • ISBN 9781138195059
  • Weight: 612g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Feb 2017
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Downward causation plays a fundamental role in many theories of metaphysics and philosophy of mind. It is strictly connected with many topics in philosophy, including but not limited to: emergence, mental causation, the nature of causation, the nature of causal powers and dispositions, laws of nature, and the possibility of ontological and epistemic reductions. Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives on Downward Causation brings together experts from different fields—including William Bechtel, Stewart Clark and Tom Lancaster, Carl Gillett, John Heil, Robin F. Hendry, Max Kistler, Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum —who delve into classic and unexplored lines of philosophical inquiry related to downward causation. It critically assesses the possibility of downward causation given different ontological assumptions and explores the connection between downward causation and the metaphysics of causation and dispositions. Finally, it presents different cases of downward causation in empirical fields such as physics, chemistry, biology and the neurosciences. This volume is both a useful introduction and a collection of original contributions on this fascinating and hotly debated philosophical topic.
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Michele Paolini Paoletti is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Macerata (Italy). He has published articles and books on several ontological issues (including the theory of fictional objects, negative facts, relations), on physicalism and emergentism (for example, his recent "How Powers Emerge from Relations" on Axiomathes). Francesco Orilia is a Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Language at the University of Macerata (Italy). His research focuses on ontology, logic, philosophy of language and mind. His recent publications include: Singular Reference. A Descriptivist Perspective (2010), "Positions, Ordering Relations, O-Roles" (2014), "Moderate Presentism" (2016).