Three obstructions: forms of causation, chronotopoids, and levels of reality.

Abstract  The thesis is defended that the theories of causation, time and space, and levels of reality are mutually interrelated in such a way that the difficulties internal to theories of causation and to theories of space and time can be understood better, and perhaps dealt with, in the categorial...

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Publicado en:Axiomathes: Global Philosophy Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 1 - 19
Autor principal: Roberto Poli
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2007
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Sumario:Abstract  The thesis is defended that the theories of causation, time and space, and levels of reality are mutually interrelated in such a way that the difficulties internal to theories of causation and to theories of space and time can be understood better, and perhaps dealt with, in the categorial context furnished by the theory of the levels of reality. The structural condition for this development to be possible is that the first two theories be opportunely generalized.