Theoria (Jan 2010)

Transference, or identity theories of causation?

  • María José GARCÍA-ENCINAS

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.600
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 31 – 47

Abstract

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I argue that transference is, ultimately, (non-relational) identity over time, and that (non-relational) identity over time can't possibly be causation. Transference, then, fails as an analysis of causation.

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