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[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause]

Full Idea

Humeans attempt to describe causation without any deeper ontological commitments, while powers based accounts attempt to explain why causation occurs in the way it is described.

Gist of Idea

Humeans describe the surface of causation, while powers accounts aim at deeper explanations

Source

R.D. Ingthorsson (A Powerful Particulars View of Causation [2021], 1)

A Reaction

Exactly the view I have reached. The Humean view is correct but superficial. A perfect example of my allegiance to Explanatory Empiricism.

Book Reference

'Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time', ed/tr. Callender,Craig [OUP 2013], p.4