On Algebraic Causation
Lisker, Roy (1986) On Algebraic Causation.
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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.
| Keywords: | Causation; Physics; Biology;Geology; Function Algebras;Cosmology; Big Bang; Modal Logic; Analytic and non-Analytic models |
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| Subjects: | General Issues: Causation |
| ID Code: | 1293 |
| Deposited By: | Lisker, Roy |
| Deposited On: | 09 August 2003 |
| Additional Information: | This paper was presented at the 11th General Relativity and Gravitation Conference in Stockholm, Sweden in August 1986. |