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The ontology of causal process theories

Anton Froeyman (UGent)
(2012) PHILOSOPHIA. 40(3). p.523-538
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There is a widespread belief that the so-called process theories of causation developed by Wesley Salmon and Phil Dowe have given us an original account of what causation really is. In this paper, I show that this is a misconception. The notion of "causal process" does not offer us a new ontological account of causation. I make this argument by explicating the implicit ontological commitments in Salmon and Dowe's theories. From this, it is clear that Salmon's Mark Transmission Theory collapses to a counterfactual theory of causation, while the Conserved Quantity Theory collapses to David Fair's phsyicalist reduction of causation.
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Dowe, Salmon, Process theories of causation, Ontological commitments

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MLA
Froeyman, Anton. “The Ontology of Causal Process Theories.” PHILOSOPHIA, vol. 40, no. 3, 2012, pp. 523–38, doi:10.1007/s11406-011-9329-2.
APA
Froeyman, A. (2012). The ontology of causal process theories. PHILOSOPHIA, 40(3), 523–538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-011-9329-2
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Froeyman, Anton. 2012. “The Ontology of Causal Process Theories.” PHILOSOPHIA 40 (3): 523–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-011-9329-2.
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Froeyman, Anton. 2012. “The Ontology of Causal Process Theories.” PHILOSOPHIA 40 (3): 523–538. doi:10.1007/s11406-011-9329-2.
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Froeyman A. The ontology of causal process theories. PHILOSOPHIA. 2012;40(3):523–38.
IEEE
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A. Froeyman, “The ontology of causal process theories,” PHILOSOPHIA, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 523–538, 2012.
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  abstract     = {{There is a widespread belief that the so-called process theories of causation developed by Wesley Salmon and Phil Dowe have given us an original account of what causation really is. In this paper, I show that this is a misconception. The notion of "causal process" does not offer us a new ontological account of causation. I make this argument by explicating the implicit ontological commitments in Salmon and Dowe's theories. From this, it is clear that Salmon's Mark Transmission Theory collapses to a counterfactual theory of causation, while the Conserved Quantity Theory collapses to David Fair's phsyicalist reduction of causation.}},
  author       = {{Froeyman, Anton}},
  issn         = {{0048-3893}},
  journal      = {{PHILOSOPHIA}},
  keywords     = {{Dowe,Salmon,Process theories of causation,Ontological commitments}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{523--538}},
  title        = {{The ontology of causal process theories}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-011-9329-2}},
  volume       = {{40}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}
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