Menzies, Peter (2006) A Structural Equations Account of Negative Causation. In: [2006] Philosophy of Science Assoc. 20th Biennial Mtg (Vancouver) > PSA 2006 Contributed Papers.
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Abstract
This paper criticizes a recent account of token causation that states that negative causation involving absences of events is of a fundamentally different kind from positive causation involving events. The paper employs the structural equations framework to advance a theory of token causation that applies uniformly to positive and negative causation alike.
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| Keywords: | causation, structural equations, negative causation, omissions |
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation |
| Conferences and Volumes: | [2006] Philosophy of Science Assoc. 20th Biennial Mtg (Vancouver) > PSA 2006 Contributed Papers |
| Depositing User: | Peter Menzies |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 11:14 |
| Item ID: | 2962 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2962 |
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