Beebee, H orcid.org/0000-0001-7650-3622 (2015) Causation, Projection, Inference, and Agency. In: Passions and Projections: Themes from the Philosophy of Simon Blackburn. Oxford Scholarship Online . Oxford University Press , New York , pp. 25-48. ISBN 9780198723172
Abstract
This chapter explores the prospects for broadly projectivist accounts of causation. It argues that a Hume-style account, based on the projection of our inferential practices, is inferior to a Ramsey-style account that is based on the projection of degrees of belief from the perspective of the deliberating agent, since the latter but not the former can provide a satisfactory account of the asymmetry of causation. The chapter further argues that rooting a projectivist account of causation in a broadly Ramseyan account of conditionals provides independent motivation for accepting a broadly non-cognitivist view about causal claims. Finally, it offers a brief discussion of how the difference between Ramsey's and Lewis's approach to conditionals plays out in their accounts of causation.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2023 12:16 |
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Identification Number: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198723172.003.0002 |
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