Romero, Felipe (2015) Why There Isn't Intel-Level Causation in Mechanisms. Synthese, 192 (11). pp. 3731-3755.
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Abstract
The experimental interventions that provide evidence of causal relations are notably similar to those that provide evidence of constitutive relevance relations. In the first two sections, I show that this similarity creates a tension: there is an inconsistent triad between (1) Woodward's popular interventionist theory of causation, (2) Craver's mutual manipulability account of constitutive relevance in mechanisms, and a variety of arguments for (3) the incoherence of inter-level causation. I argue for an interpretation of the views in which the tension is merely apparent. I propose to explain inter-level relations without inter-level causation by appealing to the notion of fat-handed interventions, and an argument against inter-level causation which dissolves the problem.
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| Keywords: | Mechanisms, Mutual manipulability, Interventionism, Inter-level causation | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Felipe Romero | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2017 14:06 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2017 14:06 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 12956 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0718-0 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s11229-015-0718-0 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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| Date: | 2015 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 3731-3755 | ||||||
| Volume: | 192 | ||||||
| Number: | 11 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12956 |
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