A Theory of Causation: Causae Causantes (Originating Causes) as Inus Conditions in Branching Space-Times.
Branching space-times (BST) theory, as developed elsewhere, permits a sound and rigorously definable notion of ‘originating cause’ or causa causans-a type of transition event—of an outcome event. Mackie has famously suggested that causes form a family of ‘inus’ conditions, where an inus condition is...
| Publicado en: | British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 221 - 254 |
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University of Chicago Press
Jun2005
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