Northcott, Robert (2010) Walsh on causes and evolution. Philosophy of Science, 77 (3). pp. 457-467.
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Denis Walsh has written a striking new defense in this journal of the statisticalist (i.e. non-causalist) position regarding the forces of evolution (Walsh 2007). I defend the causalist view against his new objections. I argue that the heart of the issue lies in the nature of non-additive causation. Detailed consideration of that turns out to defuse Walsh’s ‘description-dependence’ critique of causalism. Nevertheless, the critique does suggest a basis for reconciliation between the two competing views.
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| Keywords: | causation; evolution; statisticalism; natural selection | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > Causation |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Robert Northcott | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2018 17:09 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2018 17:09 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15398 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > Causation |
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| Date: | July 2010 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 457-467 | ||||||
| Volume: | 77 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15398 |
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