A fundamental problem of causation (with no solution)
(1999)- Abstract
- 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.
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- author
- Persson, Johannes LU and Sahlin, Nils-Eric LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 1999
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Ramsey, Tropes, Universals, Causal belief, Causation, Ontology
- host publication
- Spinning Ideas: Electronic Essays Dedicated to Peter Gärdenfors on His Fiftieth Birthday
- editor
- Nils-Eric, Sahlin ; Sören, Halldén ; Hansson, Bengt and Rabinowicz, Wlodek
- publisher
- Department of Philosophy, Lund University
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- c12a31f9-aa99-4b70-ab2c-14fc1de34145 (old id 1938723)
- alternative location
- http://www.lucs.lu.se/spinning/
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- 2016-04-04 10:39:23
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- 2018-11-21 21:00:01
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