Reconsidering causal powers: historical and conceptual perspectives: edited by Benjamin Hill, Henrik Lagerlund, and Stathis Psillos, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 306, £65.00 (hb), ISBN: 9780198869528 [Book Review]

British Journal for the History of Philosophy 29 (5):958-960 (2021)
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The concept of ‘causal powers’ as principles of necessary change, once derided by mainstream philosophers in the thrall of David Hume, has made a dramatic comeback and seems to be here to stay. The...

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