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... causal judgments we make in ordinary life are established on the basis of perceptual clues and, following Anscombe and Strawson, advocates a particularist conception of causal understanding based on 'thick'specific causal concepts. It ...
... causal judgments we make in ordinary life are established on the basis of perceptual clues and, following Anscombe and Strawson, advocates a particularist conception of causal understanding based on 'thick'specific causal concepts. It ...
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... causal realists go beyond mere nonsupervenience.38 Some causal realists seem to hold that the truth values of singu- lar causal statements are not logically determined by or supervenient on any noncausal states of affairs -- that causation ...
... causal realists go beyond mere nonsupervenience.38 Some causal realists seem to hold that the truth values of singu- lar causal statements are not logically determined by or supervenient on any noncausal states of affairs -- that causation ...
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... Causal model , 113 Causal nexus , 113 , 126 , 540 , 541 specific causal attributions , 540 , 541 Causal ordering , 114 Causal path , 114 Causal reasoning , 58 Causal relation , 114 Causal texture , 114 Causal treatment , 107 Causal variable ...
... Causal model , 113 Causal nexus , 113 , 126 , 540 , 541 specific causal attributions , 540 , 541 Causal ordering , 114 Causal path , 114 Causal reasoning , 58 Causal relation , 114 Causal texture , 114 Causal treatment , 107 Causal variable ...
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EPIGRAMMATIC INSIGHTS FROM THE PEN OF RUSSELL | 15 |
CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF BERTRAND RUSSELL | 21 |
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT BERTRAND RUSSELL | 27 |
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