Woodward, James (2014) Methodology, Ontology, and Interventionism. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This paper defends an interventionist account of causation by construing this as a contribution to methodology, rather than as a set of theses about the ontology or metaphysics of causation. It also uses the topic of causation to raise some more general issues about the relation between, on the one hand, methodology, and, on the other hand, ontology and metaphysics, as these are understood in contemporary philosophical discussion, particularly among so-called analytic metaphysicians. It concludes with the suggestion that issues about the ontology of causation often can be fruitfully reconstrued as methodological proposals.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Woodward, James jfw@pitt.edu
Keywords:	causation, interventionism, ontology, methodology
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation
Depositing User:	Jim Woodward
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2014 16:06
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2014 16:06
Item ID:	10975
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation
Date:	23 August 2014
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10975

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