Lisker, Roy (1986) On Algebraic Causation. [Preprint] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Definitions of Causation are shown to be specific to particular sciences. Also, the idealized notion of causation that is maintained by scientists working in a given field frequently differs from that which is used in actual practice. All interpretationsof causation used in the sciences can be shown to have an algebraic structure, which we call a "Causal Algebra": a mathematical entity embodying the notions of Possibility, Impossibility and Actuality. The algebraic approach is applied to various branches of physics, biology, geology. cosmology. At the end of the article a model for causation from the Big Bang is proposed.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Lisker, Roy
Additional Information:	This paper was presented at the 11th General Relativity and Gravitation Conference in Stockholm, Sweden in August 1986.
Keywords:	Causation; Physics; Biology;Geology; Function Algebras;Cosmology; Big Bang; Modal Logic; Analytic and non-Analytic models
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation
Depositing User:	Roy Lisker
Date Deposited:	09 Aug 2003
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:11
Item ID:	1293
Public Domain:	No
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation
Date:	January 1986
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1293

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