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Causation, Agency, and Independence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Daniel M. Hausman
Daniel M. Hausman*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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†Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706; e-mail: dhausman@macc.wisc.edu.
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Abstract

This paper explores versions of agency or manipulability theories of causation and argues that they are unacceptable both for the well-known reasons of their anthropomorphism, limited scope, and circularity and because they are subsumed by an alternative “independence” theory of causation, which is free of these difficulties.

Type
Symposium: Causal Asymmetry, Intervention, and Chance
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 64 , Issue S4: Supplement. Proceedings of the 1996 Biennial Meetings of the Philosophy of Science Association. Part II: Symposia Papers Dec., 1997 , 1997 , pp. S15 - S25
Copyright
Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1997

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