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Full Idea
All causal relations involving observable phenomena - all causal relations from daily experience - are cases of epiphenomenal causation.
Gist of Idea
All observable causes are merely epiphenomena
Source
Jaegwon Kim (Epiphenomenal and supervenient causation [1984], §2)
Book Ref
Kim,Jaegwon: 'Supervenience and Mind' [CUP 1993], p.95
4553 | We derive the popular belief in cause and effect from our belief that our free will causes things [Nietzsche] |
8372 | We see what is in common between causes to assign names to them, not to perceive them [Ducasse] |
8366 | The very notion of a cause depends on agency and action [Wright,GHv] |
8362 | We give regularities a causal character by subjecting them to experiment [Wright,GHv] |
8337 | Some says mental causation is distinct because we can recognise single occurrences [Mackie] |
3535 | All observable causes are merely epiphenomena [Kim] |
15213 | Causation always involves particular productive things [Harré/Madden] |
8390 | Causation is directly observable in pressure on one's body, and in willed action [Tooley] |
18526 | We should focus on actual causings, rather than on laws and causal sequences [Heil] |
10384 | If two different causes are possible in one set of circumstances, causation is primitive [Schaffer,J] |
10386 | If causation is primitive, it can be experienced in ourselves, or inferred as best explanation [Schaffer,J] |