Combining Philosophers
Ideas for David Fair, A.R. Lacey and Hartry Field
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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Explain single events by general rules, or vice versa, or probability explains both, or they are unconnected [Field,H]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
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Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley]
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Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation
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Physical laws are largely time-symmetric, so they make a poor basis for directional causation [Field,H]
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Identifying cause and effect is not just conventional; we explain later events by earlier ones [Field,H]
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The only reason for adding the notion of 'cause' to fundamental physics is directionality [Field,H]
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