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A Functional Account of Causation

Woodward, James (2014) A Functional Account of Causation. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This essay advocates a “functional” approach to causation and causal reasoning: these are to be understood in terms of the goals and purposes of causal thinking. This approach is distinguished from accounts based on metaphysical considerations or on reconstruction of “intuitions”.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Woodward, Jamesjfw@pitt.edu
Keywords: causation, explanation, metaphysics, intuition
Subjects: General Issues > Causation
General Issues > Explanation
Depositing User: Jim Woodward
Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2014 16:26
Last Modified: 24 Aug 2014 16:26
Item ID: 10978
Subjects: General Issues > Causation
General Issues > Explanation
Date: 24 August 2014
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10978

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