Explanatory autonomy: the role of proportionality, stability, and conditional irrelevance.

This paper responds to recent criticisms of the idea that true causal claims, satisfying a minimal "interventionist" criterion for causation, can differ in the extent to which they satisfy other conditions—called stability and proportionality—that are relevant to their use in explanatory theorizing....

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 198; no. 1; pp. 237 - 266
Autor principal: Woodward, James
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2021
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