书目名称 | Causal Pluralism in the Life Sciences |
副标题 | A Journey Along the |
编辑 | Kolja Ehrenstein |
视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/223/222625/222625.mp4 |
概述 | Introduces a new systematic approach to causal pluralism.Argues against traditional accounts of causal pluralism.Demonstrates why causal pluralism might be largely irrelevant in the philosophy of biol |
丛书名称 | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences |
图书封面 |  |
描述 | .This book takes a new approach to the debate on causal pluralism in the philosophy of biology by asking how useful pluralism is instead of debating its truth. The core thesis in this work is that many problems do not hinge on the question of whether or not we subscribe to causal pluralism. As one step in this central argument, the author develops an account that reasonably distinguishes pluralism from monism; in another step he studies cases that allegedly motivate causal pluralism in biology. Examining these cases shows how pluralism is often irrelevant and why pursuing pluralism is sometimes dangerous, since it may generate pseudo solutions to persistent philosophical problems. This book offers a systematic approach to this subject matter and argues that we might have overestimated the significance of the monism-pluralism distinction and at the same time failed to see the risks of pursuing causal pluralism.. |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | Causal Explanation; Causal Judgement; Causation by Omission; Counterfactual Dependence; Intramural Plura |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87942-6 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-87944-0 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-87942-6Series ISSN 2211-1948 Series E-ISSN 2211-1956 |
issn_series | 2211-1948 |
copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 |