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Hoerl, Christoph (2011) Causal reasoning. Philosophical Studies, Vol.152 (No.2). pp. 167-179. doi:10.1007/s11098-009-9474-7 ISSN 0031-8116.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-009-9474-7
Abstract
The main focus of this paper is the question as to what it is for an individual to think of her environment in terms of a concept of causation, or causal concepts, in contrast to some more primitive ways in which an individual might pick out or register what are in fact causal phenomena. I show how versions of this question arise in the context of two strands of work on causation, represented by Elizabeth Anscombe and Christopher Hitchcock, respectively. I then describe a central type of reasoning that, I suggest, a subject has to be able to engage in, if we are to credit her with causal concepts. I also point out that this type of reasoning turns on the idea of a physical connection between cause and effect, as articulated in recent singularist approaches of causation.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Causation, Causation -- Mathematical models, Reasoning | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophical Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||
ISSN: | 0031-8116 | ||||
Official Date: | January 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.152 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 167-179 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s11098-009-9474-7 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 April 2017 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 April 2017 |
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