Causation, coherence, and concepts a collection of essays
In this collection I present 16 of my, I feel, more substantial papers on theoretical philosophy, 12 as originally published, one co-authored with Ulrike Haas-Spohn (Chapter14), one (Chapter 15) that was a brief conference commentary, but is in fact a suitable appendix to Chapter 14, one as a transl...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Dordrecht] :
Springer
c2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2009. |
| Colección: | Boston studies in the philosophy of science (Online) ;
v. 256. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009445964506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Belief
- Ordinal Conditional Functions: A Dynamic Theory of Epistemic States
- Causation
- Direct and Indirect Causes
- Causation: An Alternative
- Bayesian Nets Are All There Is to Causal Dependence
- Causal Laws are Objectifications of Inductive Schemes
- Laws
- Laws, Ceteris Paribus Conditions, and the Dynamics of Belief
- Enumerative Induction and Lawlikeness
- Chance and Necessity: From Humean Supervenience to Humean Projection
- Coherence
- A Reason for Explanation: Explanations Provide Stable Reasons
- Two Coherence Principles
- How to Understand the Foundations of Empirical Belief in a Coherentist Way
- Concepts
- A Priori Reasons: A Fresh Look at Disposition Predicates
- The Character of Color Terms: A Materialist View
- Concepts Are Beliefs About Essences
- Changing Concepts
- The Intentional Versus the Propositional Structure of Contents.
