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The right structure for a causal theory of action

Author(s)
Stout, Rowland  
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4973
Date Issued
2002
Date Available
2013-11-25T16:20:33Z
Abstract
In this paper, I argue that the way to understand causal notions is in terms of how
something is caused rather than by what. To characterize how something is caused is to
describe the way it is caused and this is to describe it as belonging to a certain process.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Peter Lang
Journal
Facta Philosophica
Volume
4
Issue
1
Start Page
11
End Page
24
Copyright (Published Version)
2002, Peter Lang
Subjects

Causal theory

Deviant causal chains...

Action

Proximate causation

Sustained causation

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Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
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