Single Idea 10359

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation]

Full Idea

The questions about causation concern their relata (in space-time, how fine-grained, how many?) and the metaphysics (distinguish causal sequences from others, the direction of causation, selecting causes among pre-conditions?).

Gist of Idea

In causation there are three problems of relata, and three metaphysical problems

Source

Jonathan Schaffer (The Metaphysics of Causation [2007], Intro)

Book Reference

'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.1


A Reaction

A very nice map (which has got me thinking about restructuring this database). I can't think of a better way to do philosophy than this (let's hear it for analysis - but the greatest role models for the approach are Aristotle and Aquinas).