Abstract
People generally accept that there is causation by omission—that the omission of some events cause some related events. But this acceptance elicits the selection problem, or the difficulty of explaining the selection of a particular omissive cause or class of causes from the causal conditions. Some theorists contend that dependence theories of causation cannot resolve this problem. In this paper, we argue that the appeal to norms adequately resolves the selection problem for dependence theories, and we provide novel experimental evidence for it.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Australasian Journal of Philosophy |
| DOIs | |
| State | Accepted/In press - May 1 2015 |
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Keywords
- causation
- counterfactual dependence
- omission
- process theories, norm
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
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Cause by Omission and Norm : Not Watering Plants. / Henne, Paul; Pinillos, Nestor; De Brigard, Felipe.
In: Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 01.05.2015, p. 1-14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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