Add to ORKGI distinguish three different concepts of causation: The scientific concept, or causal structure, is the subject of recent work in causal modeling. The folk attributive concept has been studied by philosophers of law and social psychologists. The metaphysical concept is the one that metaphysicians have attempted to analyze. I explore the relationships between these three concepts, and suggest that the metaphysical concept is an untenable and dispensable mixture of the other two
Any theory of explanation must capture the intimate connection between explanation and causation, or...
Philosophical analyses of causation have been centred on the question of what causation is. More pre...
What is the connection between causation and responsibility? Is there a best way to theorize philoso...
I distinguish three different concepts of causation: The scientific concept, or causal structure, is...
In philosophy of science, it is still a mainstream practice to search for the ‘truth’ about fundamen...
In philosophy of science, it is still a mainstream practice to search for the ‘truth ’ about fundame...
30 p.The aim of this paper is to provide an account of causation that is compatible with both common...
Many contemporary philosophers are drawn to a doctrine of causal fundamentalism. This doctrine has ...
[Introduction] Causation is a topic of perennial philosophical concern. As well as being of intrins...
Causation is at once familiar and mysterious. Many believe that the causal relation is not directly ...
Causation is important. It is, as Hume said, the cement of the universe, and lies at the heart of ou...
There are a wide variety of theories of causation available in the philosophical literature. For th...
Empirical research has recently emerged as a key method for understanding the nature of causation, a...
Abstract: Empirical research has recently emerged as a key method for understanding the nature of ca...
Philosophical theories summarized here include regularity and necessity theories from Hume to the pr...
Any theory of explanation must capture the intimate connection between explanation and causation, or...
Philosophical analyses of causation have been centred on the question of what causation is. More pre...
What is the connection between causation and responsibility? Is there a best way to theorize philoso...
I distinguish three different concepts of causation: The scientific concept, or causal structure, is...
In philosophy of science, it is still a mainstream practice to search for the ‘truth’ about fundamen...
In philosophy of science, it is still a mainstream practice to search for the ‘truth ’ about fundame...
30 p.The aim of this paper is to provide an account of causation that is compatible with both common...
Many contemporary philosophers are drawn to a doctrine of causal fundamentalism. This doctrine has ...
[Introduction] Causation is a topic of perennial philosophical concern. As well as being of intrins...
Causation is at once familiar and mysterious. Many believe that the causal relation is not directly ...
Causation is important. It is, as Hume said, the cement of the universe, and lies at the heart of ou...
There are a wide variety of theories of causation available in the philosophical literature. For th...
Empirical research has recently emerged as a key method for understanding the nature of causation, a...
Abstract: Empirical research has recently emerged as a key method for understanding the nature of ca...
Philosophical theories summarized here include regularity and necessity theories from Hume to the pr...
Any theory of explanation must capture the intimate connection between explanation and causation, or...
Philosophical analyses of causation have been centred on the question of what causation is. More pre...
What is the connection between causation and responsibility? Is there a best way to theorize philoso...