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Causal Mechanisms and the Philosophy of Causation
Author(s) -
Groff Ruth
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal for the theory of social behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.615
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5914
pISSN - 0021-8308
DOI - 10.1111/jtsb.12118
Subject(s) - causation , clarity , metaphysics , epistemology , causality (physics) , philosophy , psychology , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Lack of clarity about underlying philosophical commitments leads to lack of clarity at other levels of analysis. Here I show that the literature on so‐called “causal mechanisms” is rife with conceptual problems, stemming from insufficient rigor with respect to the metaphysics of causation.