Constitution, Over Determination and Causal Power1. (16th April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Garrett, Brian Jonathan
• Is Part Of: Ratio. Volume 26:Number 2(2013:Jun.)
• Page Start: 162
• Page End: 178
• Publication Date: 2013-04-16
• Subjects: Philosophy -- Periodicals; Analysis (Philosophy) -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1111/rati.12006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-0006

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Kim's exclusion argument threatens to show that irreducible constituted objects are epiphenomenal. Kim's arguments are examined and found to be unconvincing; that a constituted cause requires its constituent to be a cause is not an adequate reason to reject the causation of the constituted object (event or property‐instance). However, I introduce and argue for, the Causal Power Uniqueness Condition (CPUC). I argue that CPUC and the causal closure of the physical, implies that constituted objects or property‐instances are not novel causal powers.</p> </abstract>