CAUSATION, AGENCY, AND INDEPENDENCE

Authors
HAUSMAN DM
Citation
Dm. Hausman, CAUSATION, AGENCY, AND INDEPENDENCE, Philosophy of science, 64(4), 1997, pp. 15-25
Citations number
9
Journal title
Philosophy of science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00318248
Volume
64
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
S
Pages
15 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-8248(1997)64:4<15:CAAI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
This paper explores versions of agency or manipulability theories of c ausation 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 o f causation, which is free of these difficulties.