Efficient explanations: a powers hypothesis for how the mental causes
This thesis attempts to offer a powers causation solution to the difficulties posed by mental causation. I do so by arguing against what I call “events-pair” analyses of causation. As is known, mental causation seems to raise the problems of overdetermination and the possible exclusion of the mental...
Main Author: | Nolan, W |
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Other Authors: | Williamson, T |
Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2023
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