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Metaphysics: Causation Walter Edelberg Philosophy 403 Spring 2002 |
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= Handout
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| Complete bibliographic information here. | |
| Introduction | ||
| January 8 | ||
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Regularity
Theories
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| January 10 | David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, section ii. [O: Click here for PDF version; click here or here for HTML versions] | |
| January 15 | David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, sections iv. | |
| January 17 | David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, sections v, vii. | |
| January 22 | ||
| Eliminativist Approaches | ||
| January 24 | Bertrand Russell, “On the Notion of Cause,” page 13. [H] | |
| Necessary and Sufficient Conditions | ||
| January 29 | J. L. Mackie, “Causes and Conditions”, sections 1-4, 8-9. [R, KS] | |
| January 31 | ||
| Laws of Nature | ||
| February 5 | David Lewis, “The Metalinguistic Theory: Laws of Nature.” [R] | |
| February 7 | Fred Dretske, “Laws of Nature.” [R] | |
| February 12 | Michael Tooley, “The Nature of Laws,” pages 125-129. [R] | |
| February 14 | ||
| Probabilistic Theories | ||
| February 19 | Frederick Suppes, “Conflicting Intuitions about Causality,” introduction and sections1 and 4. [R] | |
| February 21 | ||
| February 26 | Wesley Salmon, “Probablistic Causality,” excerpt [R] | |
| February 28 | ||
| March 5 | Dupré, John and Nancy Cartwright "Probablity and Causality: Why Hume and Indeterminism Don't Mix." [JSTOR] | |
| March 7 | ||
| Process Theories | ||
| March 12 | Wesley Salmon, “Causal Connections.” [R, KS] | |
| March 14 | ||
| March 19 | Spring Break | |
| March 21 | Spring Break | |
| Counterfactual Theories | ||
| March 26 | David Lewis, “Causation.” [R, KS, JSTOR] | |
| March 28 | ||
| April 2 | Jaegwon Kim, “Causes and Counterfactuals.” [R, JSTOR] | |
| April 4 | ||
| Singularist Theories | ||
| April 9 | Michael Tooley, “The Nature of Causation: A Singularist Approach.” [R, KS] | |
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| April 25 | ||
| May 3 | 10:30-12:30 Final Exam | |
Last updated January 22, 2002