Building low level causation out of high level causation

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03231-3zbMATH Open1529.03060OpenAlexW3174316075MaRDI QIDQ6187751FDOQ6187751

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Publication date: 1 February 2024

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/19915/1/Building%20Low%20Level%20Causation%20out%20of%20High%20Level%20Causation.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

transitivitygroundingreductioncausationcounterfactual dependenceproportionalityexclusion problemlevelsmetaphysical groundingdownward causationcausal reductionismhigh level causationlow level causation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

Cites Work

• Grounding and truth-functions
• Paradox without Self-Reference
• Causes and Explanations: A Structural-Model Approach. Part I: Causes
• THE PURE LOGIC OF GROUND
• Probability, explanation, and information

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