Fischer, Enno (2021) Three Concepts of Actual Causation.
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I argue that we need to distinguish between three concepts of actual causation: total, path-changing, and contributing actual causation. I provide two lines of argument in support of this account. First, I address three thought experiments that have been troublesome for unified accounts of actual causation, and I show that my account provides a better explanation of corresponding causal intuitions. Second, I provide a functional argument: if we assume that a key purpose of causal concepts is to guide agency, we are better off making a distinction between three concepts of actual causation.
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| Keywords: | Causal Models, Redundancy, Functional Account, Trumping | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Explanation |
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| Depositing User: | Enno Fischer | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2025 14:48 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2025 14:48 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 18892 | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/... | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Explanation |
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| Date: | 26 March 2021 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18892 |
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