Hoffmann-Kolss, Vera (2024). Three Kinds of Causal Indeterminacy. Australasian journal of philosophy Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 10.1080/00048402.2024.2381120
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The goal of this paper is to argue that there is indeterminacy in causation. I present three types of cases in which it is indeterminate whether an event c caused another event e: (1) cases of absence causation recently discussed by Bernstein and by Swanson, (2) cases leading to Sorites paradoxes for causation, and (3) cases where c and e occur in certain indeterministic causal structures and it is therefore indeterminate whether there is a causal relation between them. These cases, I argue, provide strong evidence that indeterminacy is an important general feature of the causal relation and that philosophical theorizing about causation should take this observation into account.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy > Theoretical Philosophy |
UniBE Contributor: |
Hoffmann-Kolss, Vera |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy 000 Computer science, knowledge & systems 100 Philosophy > 110 Metaphysics |
ISSN: |
1471-6828 |
Publisher: |
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |
Funders: |
[42] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds ; [137] DFG KU2689/2-1 |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Vera Caroline Ruth Hoffmann-Kolss |
Date Deposited: |
19 Dec 2023 07:18 |
Last Modified: |
15 Aug 2024 11:32 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/00048402.2024.2381120 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
causation, probabilistic causation, absence causation, prevention, Sorites paradox, indeterminacy |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/190234 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/190234 |
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