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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
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Number of Pages: 372
Page Range: pp. 207-228
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199692040.003.0013
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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