Metaphysical Causation

There is a systematic and suggestive analogy between grounding and causation. In my view, this analogy is no coincidence. Grounding and causation are alike because grounding is a type of causation: metaphysical causation. In this paper I defend the identification of grounding with metaphysical causa...

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Published in:Noûs (Bloomington, Indiana) Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 723 - 751
Main Author: Wilson, Alastair
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2018
Subjects:
Causality
Credibility
Grounded theory
Metaphysics
ISSN:0029-4624, 1468-0068
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Summary:There is a systematic and suggestive analogy between grounding and causation. In my view, this analogy is no coincidence. Grounding and causation are alike because grounding is a type of causation: metaphysical causation. In this paper I defend the identification of grounding with metaphysical causation, drawing on the causation literature to explore systematic connections between grounding and metaphysical dependence counterfactuals, and I outline a non‐reductive counterfactual theory of grounding along interventionist lines.
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ISSN:0029-4624
1468-0068
DOI:10.1111/nous.12190