Eberhardt, Frederick (2013) Direct Cause. [Preprint]
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Abstract
An interventionist account of causation characterizes causal relations in terms of changes resulting from particular interventions. We provide an example of a causal relation for which there does not exist an intervention satisfying the common interventionist standard. We consider adaptations that would save this standard and describe their implications for an interventionist account of causation. No adaptation preserves all the aspects that make the interventionist account appealing.
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| Keywords: | causation, intervention, interventionism, definition of cause, faithfulness | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Experimentation |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Frederick Eberhardt | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jan 2013 20:56 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2013 20:56 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 9502 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Experimentation |
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| Date: | 1 January 2013 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9502 |
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