Johannes Persson
Lund University, Sweden
Spring 2007

Johannes is interested in explanation, metaphysics of causation, and philosophy of risk. Or, rather, maybe his main interest is in mechanisms? That concept has always an important role in his approaches to all three fields.

At the Center he will study some major contributions to theories of mechanisms and causation that people from Pittsburgh and surroundings have produced. The plan is to integrate results from this tradition with those of another interesting field of research, on the metaphysics of dispositions and powers.

Johannes is from Sweden and Lund University where he is a senior lecturer and chairman of the department of philosophy. For more information about his publications and other activities, please have a look at his homepage.

Johannes is fond of fishing and would be very happy if someone were to show him how a Northern pike or muskie is caught in Pennsylvania this spring.

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