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Causal Asymmetry & the Explanatory Constraint
Dr Zhiheng Tang
Causal Asymmetry & the Explanatory Constraint
Dr Zhiheng Tang
Causation is an asymmetric relation - if C causes E, then E does not cause C. In this book it is argued that: 1) Two major theories of causation - the regularity theory and the counterfactual theory - cannot adequately account for causal asymmetry; 2) Causal asymmetry consists in the explanatory asymmetry between cause and effect; 3) Generally, the notion of causation is dependent on the notion of explanation; in other words, explanation sets a conceptual constraint on causation. In reaching these conclusions, issues about simultaneous causation, backwards causation and absence causation are discussed.
248 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Książki Paperback Book (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem) |
Wydane | 1 kwietnia 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9781907962417 |
Wydawcy | Cranmore Publications |
Strony | 248 |
Wymiary | 129 × 198 × 13 mm · 247 g |
Język | English |
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