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Structural Realism and Causation: An Unhappy Marriage?
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It has recently been objected that structural realism, in its various guises, is unable to adequately account for causal phenomena (see, for example, Psillos 2006). In this talk, I consider whether structural realism has the resources to address this objectionAuthor's Profile
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Making things happen: a theory of causal explanation.James F. Woodward - 2003 - New York: Oxford University Press.
The Structure, the Whole Structure, and Nothing but the Structure?Stathis Psillos - 2006 - Philosophy of Science 73 (5):560-570.
Review of Woodward, Making Things Happen. [REVIEW]Michael Strevens - 2007 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 74 (1):233-249.
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