Ross, Lauren N. (2019) Multiple Realizability from a Causal Perspective.
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This paper examines the multiple realizability thesis within a causal framework. The beginnings of this framework are found in an influential paper by Sober (1999), in which he argues that the multiple realizability thesis poses no challenge to reductive explanation. While Sober’s causal approach has the potential to reveal new insights, I argue that his set up fails to capture important aspects of the multiple realizability thesis. After correcting for these issues, I argue that this causal framework reveals something quite different. It reveals how multiple realizability relates to a common type of causal complexity in biology that poses problems for reductive explanation.
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| Keywords: | causation, multiple realizability, explanation, causal complexity, reduction | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Depositing User: | Lauren N. Ross | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2019 15:22 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2019 15:22 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 16476 | ||||||
| Publisher: | Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Date: | 1 October 2019 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16476 |
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