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Full Idea
We should give up any causal analysis of powers, ..so we should try to analyse causation in terms of powers.
Gist of Idea
We should analyse causation in terms of powers
Source
George Molnar (Powers [1998], 8.5.3)
Book Ref
Molnar,George: 'Powers: a study in metaphysics', ed/tr. Mumford,Stephen [OUP 2003], p.141
A Reaction
It may be hard to explain what powers are, or identify them, if you can't say that they cause things to happen. I am torn between Molnar's view, and the view that causation is primitive.