Publikationer
A fundamental problem of causation (with no solution)
Redaktör:
- Sahlin Nils-Eric
- Halldén Sören
- Bengt Hansson
- Wlodek Rabinowicz
Avdelning/ar:
Publiceringsår: 1999
Språk: Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Spinning Ideas: Electronic Essays Dedicated to Peter Gärdenfors on His Fiftieth Birthday
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Dokumenttyp: Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag: Lund University, Department of Philosophy
Sammanfattning
Traditional views of causation are cause-effect views. Among other things, what is claimed is that when a causal report is true, a cause and an effect exist. Similarly with theories of causal beliefs, such as Gärdenfors's (1988) view that - by looking at the contraction with respect to the cause of the given epistemic state - we can apply the simple criterion that the occurrence of C raises the probability of the occurrence of E. The cause and the effect has been at centre in much theorising about causation and causal beliefs.
Disputation
Nyckelord
- Science General
- Philosophy and Religion
- Ramsey
- Tropes
- Universals
- Causal belief
- Causation
- Ontology
Övrigt
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