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Causality and Determinism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Germund Hesslow
Germund Hesslow*
Affiliation:
Filosofiska Institutionen Lunds Universitet
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Abstract

A previous paper of mine, that criticized Suppes' probabilistic theory of causality, was in turn criticized by Deborah Rosen. This paper is a development of my argument and an answer to Rosen. It is argued that the concept of causation is used in contemporary science in a way that presupposes determinism. It is shown that deterministic assumptions are necessary for inferences from generic to individual causal relations and for various kinds of eliminative arguments.

Type
Research Article
Information
Philosophy of Science , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , December 1981 , pp. 591 - 605
Copyright
Copyright © 1981 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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