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MAKING A CONTRIBUTION AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Author(s) -

Neil McDonnell

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

american philosophical quarterly

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2152-1123

pISSN - 0003-0481

DOI - 10.2307/45128623

Subject(s) - causation , overdetermination , extensionality , transitive relation , conflation , epistemology , philosophy , categorization , computer science , mathematics , combinatorics , programming language

There are at least two different concepts that philosophers might target when analyzing causation: a pre-selective notion and a selective notion. This paper argues that these two distinct conceptions have been conflated to date, citing the puzzles of overdetermination, extensionality, and transitivity as evidence. The primary aim of the paper is to help reset the methodological scene concerning analyses of causation.

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