Alternative approaches to causation: beyond difference-making and mechanism
This volume focuses on alternatives to the two main philosophical approaches to causation: mechanistic explanation, and explanation in terms of difference-making. It explores the pluralistic, the fictionalist, the inferentialist, and the informational approaches, as well as the application of variou...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This volume focuses on alternatives to the two main philosophical approaches to causation: mechanistic explanation, and explanation in terms of difference-making. It explores the pluralistic, the fictionalist, the inferentialist, and the informational approaches, as well as the application of various approaches to natural and social sciences. |
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Contents vii viii Acknowledgements List of Contributors 1 Some Reflections on Causation Yafeng Shan 1 2. Causation: A Non-Reductionist, Theoretical-Term Analysis Michael Tooley 13 3. Robust Causal Realism Evan Fales 39 4. The Metaphysics of Causation: An EmpiricistCritique John D. Norton 58 5. A Dispositional Account of Causation: Implications for the Biological Sciences Rani Lill Anjum and Elena Rocca 95 6. Causal Efficacy: A Comparison of Rival Views R. D. Ingthorsson 7. The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Causal Production: The Prospects of Variation to Trace the Transmission of Information Phyllis Illari and Federica Russo 122 153 8. Rebel With and Without a ‘Cause’: A Theory of Causation Julian Reiss 175 9. Causal Fictionalism Antony Eagle 201 10. Epistemic Causality and its Application to the Social and Cognitive Sciences Yafeng Shan, Samuel D. Taylor, and Jon Williamson Index 241 279
CAUSATION is one of the most controversial topics in philosophy. There is a wide range of philosophical accounts of causation—for example, the regularity account, the probabilistic account, the counterfactual account, and the interventionist account—which can be all classified as ‘difference-making’ accounts; and the mechanistic account. Many argue that only one of these accounts is correct as there is only one type of causal relation (causal monism), while others maintain that there are multiple types of causation (causal pluralism). In addition, there àre eliminativists who argue that science has no need of causation at all, while primitivists maintain that causation is unanalysable. Recently, the difference-making and mechanistic approaches have dominated philosophical discussion of causation. Other approaches and positions have been insufficiently discussed and assessed, especially in the context of the philosophy of science. This volume explores and examines alternative approaches to causation. It revisits causal primitivism and causal eliminativism in the context of recent literature. It further explores the pluralistic approach, the fictionalist approach, the inferentialist approach, and the informational approach. It also examines the application of the dispositional approach, the epistemic approach, and the powerful particulars approach to the natural and social sciences. Overall, the volume is complementary to the recent discussion on the difference-making and mechanistic approaches, and sheds new light on the metaphysical, epistemological, conceptual, and
methodological issues on causation. As such, it provides foundations for further research and teaching of this hotly debated topic. |
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Contents vii viii Acknowledgements List of Contributors 1 Some Reflections on Causation Yafeng Shan 1 2. Causation: A Non-Reductionist, Theoretical-Term Analysis Michael Tooley 13 3. Robust Causal Realism Evan Fales 39 4. The Metaphysics of Causation: An EmpiricistCritique John D. Norton 58 5. A Dispositional Account of Causation: Implications for the Biological Sciences Rani Lill Anjum and Elena Rocca 95 6. Causal Efficacy: A Comparison of Rival Views R. D. Ingthorsson 7. The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Causal Production: The Prospects of Variation to Trace the Transmission of Information Phyllis Illari and Federica Russo 122 153 8. Rebel With and Without a ‘Cause’: A Theory of Causation Julian Reiss 175 9. Causal Fictionalism Antony Eagle 201 10. Epistemic Causality and its Application to the Social and Cognitive Sciences Yafeng Shan, Samuel D. Taylor, and Jon Williamson Index 241 279
CAUSATION is one of the most controversial topics in philosophy. There is a wide range of philosophical accounts of causation—for example, the regularity account, the probabilistic account, the counterfactual account, and the interventionist account—which can be all classified as ‘difference-making’ accounts; and the mechanistic account. Many argue that only one of these accounts is correct as there is only one type of causal relation (causal monism), while others maintain that there are multiple types of causation (causal pluralism). In addition, there àre eliminativists who argue that science has no need of causation at all, while primitivists maintain that causation is unanalysable. Recently, the difference-making and mechanistic approaches have dominated philosophical discussion of causation. Other approaches and positions have been insufficiently discussed and assessed, especially in the context of the philosophy of science. This volume explores and examines alternative approaches to causation. It revisits causal primitivism and causal eliminativism in the context of recent literature. It further explores the pluralistic approach, the fictionalist approach, the inferentialist approach, and the informational approach. It also examines the application of the dispositional approach, the epistemic approach, and the powerful particulars approach to the natural and social sciences. Overall, the volume is complementary to the recent discussion on the difference-making and mechanistic approaches, and sheds new light on the metaphysical, epistemological, conceptual, and
methodological issues on causation. As such, it provides foundations for further research and teaching of this hotly debated topic. |
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