Frisch, Mathias (2008) Causal Reasoning in Physics. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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In this paper I examine several neo-Russellian arguments for the claim that there is no room for an asymmetric notion of cause in mature physical theories. I argue that these arguments are unsuccessful and discuss an example where an asymmetric causal condition plays an important role in the derivation of a physical law.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Frisch, Mathias
Commentary on:	Norton, John D. (2006) Do the Causal Principles of Modern Physics Contradict Causal Anti-Fundamentalism? [Preprint]
Keywords:	causation, physics, dispersion relations, Russell
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics
Depositing User:	Mathias Frisch
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2008
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2016 19:33
Item ID:	3820
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics
Date:	2008
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3820

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