Causal priority at the singular level: Fork asymmetry-based accounts meet the generalization strategy.

Title: Causal priority at the singular level: Fork asymmetry-based accounts meet the generalization strategy.
Identifier: AAI9820537
identifier: 9820537
Creator: Habeeb, Linda Leanne.
Contributor: Adviser: Hartry Field
Date: 1998
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Philosophy
Abstract: I dissect one particular strategy for explaining causal priority: the fork asymmetry strategy. I argue that the best objections that have been raised are objections to versions which are less than optimal. I develop the strongest version of the principle and argue that this stronger version is fully equipped to explain causal priority at the type level. So far so good. But, I discover and attempt to deal with one remaining and perhaps insurmountable problem--Fork asymmetry accounts cannot explain causal priority at the token level. I suggest using Daniel Hausman's notion of "causal connection" to explain causal priority at the singular level.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

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