Álvarez Toledo, Sebastián (2014) Causation and the Agent’s Point of View. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 29 (1). pp. 133-147. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
There are philosophers who deny that causal relations actually exist in nature, arguing that they are merely a product of our perspective as beings capable of intentional actions. In this paper I briefly explain this thesis and consider that it needs to be complemented with a basic non-causal ontological perspective which can account for phenomena taken as causal; I then describe what seems to be a good candidate for such an ontology and finally conclude, however, that it cannot dispense with the concept of causation and that therefore is not the kind of ontology that anti-realism about causal relations requires.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | Causation; manipulability; agent’s perspective; Huw Price | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2014 11:29 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2014 11:29 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 10656 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.6952 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation | ||||||
| Date: | January 2014 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 133-147 | ||||||
| Volume: | 29 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10656 |
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