Causation and misconnections

Philosophy of Science 71 (5):926-931 (2004)
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Abstract

In this paper I show how the conserved quantity theory, or more generally the process theory of Wesley Salmon and myself, provides a sufficient condition in an analysis of causation. To do so I will show how it handles the problem of alleged 'misconnections'. I show what the conserved quantity theory says about such cases, and why intuitions are not to be taken as sacrosanct.

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Phil Dowe
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Causality and explanation.Wesley C. Salmon - 1998 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Causation as influence.David Lewis - 2000 - Journal of Philosophy 97 (4):182-197.
Physical Causation.Phil Dowe - 2000 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
Introduction” to his.D. Lewis - 1986 - Philosophical Papers 2.
Causality and explanation: A reply to two critiques.Wesley C. Salmon - 1997 - Philosophy of Science 64 (3):461-477.

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