The Worldly Infrastructure of Causation
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 8399059 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Nanci Weinberger (0000-0002-4011-5756), Naftali Weinberger, Porter Williams (0000-0003-0242-4045), James Woodward (0000-0002-6402-2554) |
| Año | 2024 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2024-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Editorial | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/730698 |
| OpenAlex | W4393577709 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 11 |
| Referencias citadas | 36 |
This paper describes an alternative to currently dominant philosophical approaches to the metaphysics of causation. It is motivated by the gap that currently exists between metaphysical accounts and recent epistemological research on causal reasoning and methods for discovering causal relationships. Our approach aims at characterizing structural features of the actual world that support, and are exploited by, successful strategies for causal reasoning and discovery. We call these features the “worldly infrastructure” of causation. We identify several elements of this worldly infrastructure, sketch an account of their physical bases, and explain how they contribute to the possibility of successful causal reasoning
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| Obras citantes distintas | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 2,2 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 10 |