Causal Processes and Causal Interactions

PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1986:24 - 32 (1986)
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Abstract

Wesley Salmon has developed a theory of causation which makes use of the concepts of a "causal process" and a "causal interaction." Roughly, a causal process is a process which transmits its own structure, and a causal interaction is an intersection of processes which transforms the character of these processes. The cause-effect relation is analyzed as a causal interaction followed by a causal process which terminates in a further causal interaction. In this paper I present a series of problem cases which run "counter" to Salmon's account.

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Douglas Ehring
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