Williams, Porter (2022) The fate of causal structure under time reversal. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 37 (1). pp. 87-102. ISSN 0495-4548
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Abstract
What happens to the causal structure of a world when time is reversed? At first glance it seems there are two possible answers: the causal relations are reversed, or they are not. I argue that neither of these answers is correct: we should either deny that time-reversed worlds have causal relations at all, or deny that causal concepts developed in the actual world are reliable guides to the causal structure of time-reversed worlds. The first option is motivated by the instability of time-reversed dynamical evolutions under interventions. The second option is motivated by a recognition of how contingent structural features of the actual world shape our causal concepts and reasoning strategies.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | causality, causal structure, reversed time, causal concepts, intervention | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 May 2022 03:50 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 15 May 2022 03:50 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 20612 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.22841 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation |
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| Date: | 2022 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 87-102 | ||||||
| Volume: | 37 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0495-4548 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20612 |
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