TY - JOUR
T1 - Causation and counterfactual dependence
AU - Choi, Sungho
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Recently Stephen Barker has raised stimulating objections to the thesis that, roughly speaking, if two events stand in a relation of counterfactual dependence, they stand in a causal relation. As Ned Hall says, however, this thesis constitutes the strongest part of the counterfactual analysis of causation. Therefore, if successful, Barker's objections will undermine the cornerstone of the counterfactual analysis of causation, and hence give us compelling reasons to reject the counterfactual analysis of causation. I will argue, however, that they do not withstand scrutiny.
AB - Recently Stephen Barker has raised stimulating objections to the thesis that, roughly speaking, if two events stand in a relation of counterfactual dependence, they stand in a causal relation. As Ned Hall says, however, this thesis constitutes the strongest part of the counterfactual analysis of causation. Therefore, if successful, Barker's objections will undermine the cornerstone of the counterfactual analysis of causation, and hence give us compelling reasons to reject the counterfactual analysis of causation. I will argue, however, that they do not withstand scrutiny.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10670-006-9000-7
DO - 10.1007/s10670-006-9000-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34249683675
SN - 0165-0106
VL - 67
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Erkenntnis
JF - Erkenntnis
IS - 1
ER -