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In this article I try to once again endorse absolute time into the Philosophy of Physics. The way I endorse absolute time is quite natural and as far as I know is new in debate (c.f. 1CThe fate of pre...
Causal inference,mechanisms,and the Semmelweis case
methodology causal inference numerical tables mechanisms animal experiments
2016/6/15
Semmelweis's discovery of the cause of puerperal fever around the middle of the 19th century counts among the paradigm cases of scientific discovery. For several decades, philosophers of science have ...
The Contextual Character of Causal Evidence
Causal Inference Evidence Contextualism Interventions Manipulability Theories of Causation James Woodward
2016/6/15
I argue for the thesis that causal evidence is context-dependent. The same causal claim may be warranted by the same piece of evidence in one context but not another. I show this in particular for the...
Why Is There Universal Macro-Behavior?Renormalization Group Explanation As Non-causal Explanation
explanation non-causal explanation renormalization group explanation universality
2016/6/15
Renormalization group (RG) methods are an established strategy to explain how it is possible that microscopically different systems exhibit virtually the same macro behavior when undergoing phase-tran...
Causal Graphs for EPR Experiments
philosophy of physics quantum theory Bell's theorem EPR argument non-locality causal graph theory Bayesian nets
2016/6/15
We examine possible causal structures of experiments with entangled quantum objects. Previously, these structures have been obscured (i) by assuming a misleading probabilistic analysis of quantum non ...
Causal relations and explanatory strategies in physics
explanation causation physics models idealization
2016/5/31
Many philosophers now regard causal approaches to explanation as highly promising, even in physics. This is due in large part to James Woodward’s influential argument that a wide range of explanations...
An Epistemology of Causal Inference from Experiment
causation experiment Gasparo Berti water barometer vacuum
2016/5/31
The manipulationist account of causation provides a conceptual analysis of cause-effect relationships in terms of hypothetical experiments. It also explains why and how experiments are used for the em...
Warranting the use of causal claims:a non-trivial case for interdisciplinarity
causal inference ceteris paribus policy evaluation abstraction prediction external validity inferencia causal evaluacion de políticas abstraccion prediccion validez externa
2016/5/31
To what use can causal claims established in good policy studies be put? We isolate two reasons inferences from study to target fail. First, policy variables do not produce results on their own; they ...
The key role of causal explanation in the climate change issue
climate change knowledge causal explanation cambio climático conocimiento explicación causal
2016/5/31
In the context of climate change, the adoption of pro-environment behaviour is favoured by the understanding of causal passages within climate science. The understanding of the causes of climate chang...
Bell inequality and common causal explanation in algebraic quantum field theory
Bell inequality common cause noncommutativity algebraic quantum field theory
2016/5/30
Bell inequalities, understood as constraints between classical conditional probabilities, can be derived from a set of assumptions representing a common causal explanation of classical correlations. A...
Experimental Indistinguishability of Causal Structures
causality experiments interventionism underdetermination
2016/5/30
Using a variety of different results from the literature, we show how causal discovery with experiments is limited unless substantive assumptions about the underlying causal structure are made. These ...
Analysis and Defense of Sole Singular Causal Claims
the cause responsibility ascription speech act everyday sense values perspectives deeming,target of interference necessary condition sufficient condition causal nexus,independent variable
2016/5/30
To claim that x was the cause of y (or x caused y) is 1) to assume that x was a contributing member of the group of factors that jointly brought about y, and 2) to deem x responsible for the occurrenc...
When to expect violations of causal faithfulness and why it matters
causation causal faithfulness complexity causal modelling experiment
2016/5/27
I present three reasons why philosophers of science should be more concerned about violations of causal faithfulness (CF). In complex evolved systems, mechanisms for maintaining various equilibrium st...
Biological Kinds and the Causal Theory of Reference
reference causal theory of reference natural kinds concepts homology
2015/7/30
This paper uses an example from biology, the homology concept, to argue that current versions of the causal theory of reference give an incomplete account of reference determination. It is suggested t...
Two Causal Mistakes in Wegner's Illusion of Conscious Will
agency Libet Wegner will causal representation
2011/9/6
Daniel Wegner argues that our feelings of conscious will are illusory: these feelings are not causally involved in the production of action, which is rather governed by unconscious neural processes. I...