Causal Mechanisms and the Philosophy of Causation

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 47 (3):286-305 (2017)
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Lack of clarity about underlying philosophical commitments leads to lack of clarity at other levels of analysis. Here I show that the literature on so-called “causal mechanisms” is rife with conceptual problems, stemming from insufficient rigor with respect to the metaphysics of causation.

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