Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Publication
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
What Assertion Is Not, Robert J. Stainton
Completeness And Indeterministic Causation, Scott Devito
Completeness And Indeterministic Causation, Scott Devito
Scott DeVito
In The Chances of Explanation, Paul Humphreys presents a metaphysical analysis of causation. In this paper, I argue that this analysis is flawed. Humphrey’s model of causality incorporates three completeness requirements. I show that these completeness requirements, when applied in the world, force us to take causally irrelevant factors to be causally relevant. On this basis, I argue that Humphreys’ analysis should be rejected.