Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1160725 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A | 2008 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
This paper suggests and discusses an answer to the following question: What distinguishes causal from non-causal or coincidental co-occurrences? The answer derives from Elizabeth Anscombe’s idea that causality is a highly abstract concept whose meaning derives from our understanding of specific causally productive activities (e.g., pulling, scraping, burning), and from her rejection of the assumption that causality can be informatively understood in terms of actual or counterfactual regularities.
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Authors
Jim Bogen,