Leis, causas e poderes

This paper deals with the notions of scientific law, natural causes, and the powers of causes to produce their effects from the point of view of perspectival realism. In the first section I deal with the conception of cause defended by George H. Lewes, one of the forerunners of British emergentism,...

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Main Author: Luiz Henrique de A. Dutra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2019-12-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/70054
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description This paper deals with the notions of scientific law, natural causes, and the powers of causes to produce their effects from the point of view of perspectival realism. In the first section I deal with the conception of cause defended by George H. Lewes, one of the forerunners of British emergentism, along with John Stuart Mill. In the next section I deal with the notion of heteropathic laws of Mill. In the last section I deploy these notions in my explanation of natural phenomena as emergent processes. I put emphasis on the fact that the base conditions of an emergent are not its causes.
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spelling doaj-art-32123506c81f489d957bb24bb791cc3a2025-08-20T02:48:42ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaPrincipia: An International Journal of Epistemology1808-17112019-12-0123310.5007/1808-1711.2019v23n3p40133885Leis, causas e poderesLuiz Henrique de A. Dutra0Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) Universidade de Brasília (UnB) CNPqThis paper deals with the notions of scientific law, natural causes, and the powers of causes to produce their effects from the point of view of perspectival realism. In the first section I deal with the conception of cause defended by George H. Lewes, one of the forerunners of British emergentism, along with John Stuart Mill. In the next section I deal with the notion of heteropathic laws of Mill. In the last section I deploy these notions in my explanation of natural phenomena as emergent processes. I put emphasis on the fact that the base conditions of an emergent are not its causes. https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/70054
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