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A fundamental problem of causation (with no solution)

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Author

Editor

  • Sahlin Nils-Eric
  • Halldén Sören
  • Bengt Hansson
  • Wlodek Rabinowicz

Summary, in English

Traditional views of causation are cause-effect views. Among other things, what is claimed is that when a causal report is true, a cause and an effect exist. Similarly with theories of causal beliefs, such as Gärdenfors's (1988) view that - by looking at the contraction with respect to the cause of the given epistemic state - we can apply the simple criterion that the occurrence of C raises the probability of the occurrence of E. The cause and the effect has been at centre in much theorising about causation and causal beliefs.

Publishing year

1999

Language

English

Publication/Series

Spinning Ideas: Electronic Essays Dedicated to Peter Gärdenfors on His Fiftieth Birthday

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Department of Philosophy, Lund University

Topic

  • Medical Ethics

Keywords

  • Ramsey
  • Tropes
  • Universals
  • Causal belief
  • Causation
  • Ontology

Status

Published