Woodward, James (2011) A Philosopher Looks at Tool Use and Causal Understanding. [Preprint]
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Abstract
This paper explores some general questions about the sorts of abilities that are involved in tool use and “causal cognition”, both in humans and in non-human primates. An attempt is made to relate the empirical literature on these topics to various philosophical theories of causation.
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| Keywords: | causal cognition, causal learning, tool use |
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Psychology/Psychiatry |
| Depositing User: | Jim Woodward |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2011 09:24 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jun 2011 09:24 |
| Item ID: | 8653 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8653 |
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