Abstract
Advocates of the conserved quantity (CQ) theory of causation have their own peculiar problem with conservation laws. Since they analyze causal process and interaction in terms of conserved quantities that are in turn defined as physical quantities governed by conservation laws, they must formulate conservation laws in a way that does not invoke causation, or else circularity threatens. In this paper I will propose an adequate formulation of a conservation law that serves CQ theorists' purpose.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 510-530 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Philosophy of Science |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2003 |