Dispositions and Causal Powers

Contents: Introduction, Bruno Gnassounou and Max Kistler. Part 1 The Metaphysics of Dispositions and Causal Powers: Dispositions and counterfactuals. From Carnap to Goodman's children and grandchildren, FranA ois Schmitz Filled in space, Stephen Mumford Dispositions and essences, Claudine Tiercelin The causal efficacy of macroscopic dispositional properties, Max Kistler Opium's virtus dormitiva, Cyrille Michon Conditional possibility, Bruno Gnassounou On ascribing dispositions, Ludger Jansen. Part 2 Dispositions and Causal Powers in Science: An extended semantic field of dispositions and the grounding role of causal powers, Rom Harre What makes a capacity a disposition?, Nancy Cartwright Causation, laws and dispositions, Andreas HA ttemann Can capacities rescue us from Ceteris Paribus laws?, Markus Schrenk Dispositions, relational properties and the quantum world, Mauro Dorato Are specific heats dispositions?, Anouk Barberousse Bibliography Index.