Causal Asymmetry & the Explanatory Constraint
Author:   Dr Zhiheng Tang
Publisher:   Cranmore Publications
Edition:   First
ISBN:  

9781907962417


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   01 April 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Causation is an asymmetric relation - if C causes E, then E does not cause C. In this book it is argued that: 1) Two major theories of causation - the regularity theory and the counterfactual theory - cannot adequately account for causal asymmetry; 2) Causal asymmetry consists in the explanatory asymmetry between cause and effect; 3) Generally, the notion of causation is dependent on the notion of explanation; in other words, explanation sets a conceptual constraint on causation. In reaching these conclusions, issues about simultaneous causation, backwards causation and absence causation are discussed.

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Author:   Dr Zhiheng Tang
Publisher:   Cranmore Publications
Imprint:   Cranmore Publications
Edition:   First
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.247kg
ISBN:  

9781907962417


ISBN 10:   1907962417
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   01 April 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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