Causation and the Agent’s Point of View

Causation and the Agent’s Point of View

<p>There are philosophers who deny that causal relations actually exist in nature, arguing that they are merely a product of our perspective as beings capable of intentional actions. In this paper I briefly explain this thesis and consider that it needs to be complemented with a basic non-caus...

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Main Author: Sebastián Álvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Basque Country 2014-02-01
Series:THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
Subjects:
Causation, manipulability, agent’s perspective, Huw Price.
Online Access:http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/6952
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spelling doaj-30135f0f096c4be981aded3e685efbcb2020-11-24T23:14:22ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTHEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science0495-45482171-679X2014-02-0129113314710.1387/theoria.69528586Causation and the Agent’s Point of ViewSebastián Álvarez0Universidad de Salamanca<p>There are philosophers who deny that causal relations actually exist in nature, arguing that they are merely a product of our perspective as beings capable of intentional actions. In this paper I briefly explain this thesis and consider that it needs to be complemented with a basic non-causal ontological perspective which can account for phenomena taken as causal; I then describe what seems to be a good candidate for such an ontology and finally conclude, however, that it cannot dispense with the concept of causation and that therefore is not the kind of ontology that anti-realism about causal relations requires.</p>http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/6952Causation, manipulability, agent’s perspective, Huw Price.
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Causation and the Agent’s Point of View
THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
Causation, manipulability, agent’s perspective, Huw Price.
author_facet Sebastián Álvarez
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title Causation and the Agent’s Point of View
title_short Causation and the Agent’s Point of View
title_full Causation and the Agent’s Point of View
title_fullStr Causation and the Agent’s Point of View
title_full_unstemmed Causation and the Agent’s Point of View
title_sort causation and the agent’s point of view
publisher University of the Basque Country
series THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
issn 0495-4548
2171-679X
publishDate 2014-02-01
description <p>There are philosophers who deny that causal relations actually exist in nature, arguing that they are merely a product of our perspective as beings capable of intentional actions. In this paper I briefly explain this thesis and consider that it needs to be complemented with a basic non-causal ontological perspective which can account for phenomena taken as causal; I then describe what seems to be a good candidate for such an ontology and finally conclude, however, that it cannot dispense with the concept of causation and that therefore is not the kind of ontology that anti-realism about causal relations requires.</p>
topic Causation, manipulability, agent’s perspective, Huw Price.
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