Full Idea
In respect of explanation the powers view does little better than the laws view.
Gist of Idea
Powers offer no more explanation of nature than laws do
Source
S.Mumford/R.Lill Anjum (Getting Causes from Powers [2011], 4.3c)
Book Reference
Anjum,R.J./Mumford,S.: 'Getting Causes from Powers' [OUP 2011], p.99
A Reaction
Quite so. Powers are primitive, so they offer no elucidation of nature, but constitute the building blocks for explanations. Essences are, I think, clusters of powers, and the way in which they cluster is where we find the explanations.
Related Idea
Idea 14554 Laws are nothing more than descriptions of the behaviour of powers [Mumford/Anjum]