367 | Anaxagoras says mind produces order and causes everything [Anaxagoras, by Plato] |
327 | There are two types of cause, the necessary and the divine [Plato] |
17252 | Acting on a body is either creating or destroying a property in it [Hobbes] |
23012 | Newtonian causation is changes of motion resulting from collisions [Newton, by Baron/Miller] |
4772 | If a singular effect is studied, its cause can only be inferred from the types of events involved [Hume] |
2245 | A priori it looks as if a cause could have absolutely any effect [Hume] |
23632 | Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid] |
15614 | Old metaphysics tried to grasp eternal truths through causal events, which is impossible [Hegel] |
15247 | Whitehead held that perception was a necessary feature of all causation [Whitehead, by Harré/Madden] |
22955 | Einstein took causation to be the bedrock of physics [Einstein, by Coveney/Highfield] |
8436 | Either cause and effect are subsumed under a conditional because of properties, or it is counterfactual [Bennett] |
8441 | Delaying a fire doesn't cause it, but hastening it might [Bennett] |
10371 | Distinguish causation, which is in the world, from explanations, which depend on descriptions [Davidson, by Schaffer,J] |
8430 | Causal statements are used to explain, to predict, to control, to attribute responsibility, and in theories [Kim] |
15562 | Causation is a general relation derived from instances of causal dependence [Lewis] |
8324 | The problem is to explain how causal laws and relations connect, and how they link to the world [Sosa/Tooley] |
8404 | Explain single events by general rules, or vice versa, or probability explains both, or they are unconnected [Field,H] |
3890 | 'Cause' used to just mean any valid explanation [Scruton] |
22927 | The logical properties of causation are asymmetry, transitivity and irreflexivity [Le Poidevin] |
19068 | Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford] |
4399 | Causes clearly make a difference, are recipes for events, explain effects, and are evidence [Psillos] |
4400 | Theories of causation are based either on regularity, or on intrinsic relations of properties [Psillos] |
4403 | We can't base our account of causation on explanation, because it is the wrong way round [Psillos] |
17307 | Nowadays causation is usually understood in terms of equations and variable ranges [Schaffer,J] |
10359 | In causation there are three problems of relata, and three metaphysical problems [Schaffer,J] |
10372 | Causation may not be transitive; the last event may follow from the first, but not be caused by it [Schaffer,J] |
10374 | There are at least ten theories about causal connections [Schaffer,J] |
23782 | Causation is the exercise of powers [Williams,NE] |
23785 | Causation needs to explain stasis, as well as change [Williams,NE] |
14566 | Causation by absence is not real causation, but part of our explanatory practices [Mumford/Anjum] |
14577 | Causation may not be transitive. Does a fire cause itself to be extinguished by the sprinklers? [Mumford/Anjum] |
23011 | Modern accounts of causation involve either processes or counterfactuals [Baron/Miller] |