Reutlinger, Alexander (2013) Can Interventionists be Neo-Russellians? Interventionism, the Open Systems Argument and the Arrow of Entropy. [Preprint]
![[img]](https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png)
|
PDF (Reutlinger Can Interventionists be Neo-Russellians?)
Reutlinger_Can_interventionists_be_neo-Russellians_archive.pdf Download (302kB) |
Abstract
Several proponents of the interventionist theory of causation have recently argued for a neo-Russellian account of causation. The paper discusses two strategies for interventionists to be neo-Russellians. Firstly, I argue that the open systems argument – the main argument for a neo-Russellian account advocated by interventionists – fails. Secondly, I explore and discuss an alternative for interventionists who wish to be neo-Russellians: the statistical mechanical account. Although the latter account is an attractive alternative, it is argued that interventionists are not able to adopt it straightforwardly. Hence, to be neo-Russellians remains a challenge to interventionists.
| Export/Citation: | EndNote | BibTeX | Dublin Core | ASCII/Text Citation (Chicago) | HTML Citation | OpenURL |
| Social Networking: |
| Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creators: |
|
||||||
| Additional Information: | forthcoming in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Keywords: | Russell on causation, neo-Russellian views of causation, interventionist theories of causation, causation in the special sciences, statistical mechanical account of causation | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
||||||
| Depositing User: | Alexander Reutlinger | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2013 13:49 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2013 13:49 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 9618 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
||||||
| Date: | 2013 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9618 |
Monthly Views for the past 3 years
Monthly Downloads for the past 3 years
Plum Analytics
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
![[feed]](http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/style/images/feed-icon-32x32.png){kind=icon}