In Favour of Dispositional Explanations. A Christian Philosophy Perspective with Some References to Economics
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https://doi.org/10.12775/SetF.2022.012Keywords
philosophy of causality, dispositional explanations, divine action and natural world, philosophy of economicsAbstract
From among philosophical concepts of explanation those referring to causes have been the most influential. The aim of this paper it to show that a particular kind of causal explanations, namely dispositional explanations are particularly suited to explain the workings of the world. Apart from purely philosophical arguments, I claim that the view treating dispositions as important elements of the basic ontology of nature is in line with the Christian worldview and the ways God impacts the world. Also, this paper shows that dispositional explanations are not only appropriate in the domains studied by natural sciences but also in the ones being under investigation in social sciences, and thus the case of economics.References
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