The nature of shadows, from Yale to bilkent

Philosophy 85 (2):219-223 (2010)
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Abstract

I discuss a solution to the Yale shadow puzzle, due to Roy Sorensen, based on the actual process theory of causation, and argue that it does not work in the case of a new version of the puzzle, which I call "the Bilkent shadow puzzle". I offer a picture of the ontology of shadows that constitute the basis for a new solution that uniformly applies to both puzzles.

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Causation.David Lewis - 1973 - Journal of Philosophy 70 (17):556-567.
Causation as influence.David Lewis - 2000 - Journal of Philosophy 97 (4):182-197.
Causation.D. Lewis - 1973 - In Philosophical Papers Ii. Oxford University Press. pp. 159-213.
Shadows of constitution.István Aranyosi - 2007 - The Monist 90 (3):415-431.
The reappearing act.István Aranyosi - 2009 - Acta Analytica 24 (1):1 - 10.

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