Book chapter
Moore and the Metaphysics of Causation
Legal, Moral, and Metaphysical Truths
Oxford University Press
04/14/2016
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703242.003.0014
Abstract
This chapter focuses primarily on Moore’s views concerning the relata of causal connection. Such views are critical, for, as Moore would likely admit, the plausibility of some of the main contenders for a successful analysis of causation depends critically on what the relata of causal connection are. Moore emphasizes repeatedly his conviction that “nothing comes from nothing; nothing ever could.” By contrast, the claim is defended that there are negative facts, that one can be directly aware of some such facts, and that there is no reason not to recognize them as among the relata of causal connection. The issue critically depends on the plausibility of what is sometimes called a generality theory of causation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Moore and the Metaphysics of Causation
- Creators
- Richard Fumerton
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Legal, Moral, and Metaphysical Truths
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; Oxford
- DOI
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703242.003.0014
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/14/2016
- Academic Unit
- Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984398504502771
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