Introduction

Bruno Gnassounou (1) , Max Kistler (2)

1 CAPHI - Centre Atlantique de Philosophie
2 PLC - Philosophie, Langages et Cognition

The aim of this introduction is to improve on the traditional way of summing up the history of the notions of power and disposition, by uncovering some of the complexities that remain hidden behind such an oversimplification.

Mots clés: disposition; philosophy; causation

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Bruno Gnassounou, Max Kistler. Introduction. Max Kistler, Bruno Gnassounou, Eds. Dispositions and Causal Powers, Ashgate, pp.1-40, 2007. ⟨halshs-00775714⟩