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Hoerl, Christoph (2011) Perception, causal understanding, and locality. In: Roessler, Johannes and Lerman, Hemdat and Eilan, Naomi, (eds.) Perception, Causation, and Objectivity. Consciousness and self-consciousness . Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 207-228. ISBN 9780199692040
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Abstract
Contemporary philosophical debates about causation are dominated by two approaches, which are often referred to as difference-making and causal process approaches to causation, respectively. I provide a characterization of the dialectic between these two approaches, on which that dialectic turns crucially on the question as to whether our common sense concept of causation involves a commitment to locality – i.e., to the claim that causal relations are always subject to spatial constraints. I then argue that we can extract from existing work on perceptual judgement (specifically work that invokes the notion of a simple theory of perception) materials for an argument in favour of a positive answer to that question, and that this work can also help to bring out a distinctive kind of role that a commitment to locality plays in our reasoning about causal relationships.
| Item Type: | Book Item |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Perception (Philosophy), Causation |
| Series Name: | Consciousness and self-consciousness |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford |
| ISBN: | 9780199692040 |
| Book Title: | Perception, Causation, and Objectivity |
| Editor: | Roessler, Johannes and Lerman, Hemdat and Eilan, Naomi |
| Official Date: | 2011 |
| Number of Pages: | 372 |
| Page Range: | pp. 207-228 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199692040.003.0013 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/41023 |
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