Counterfactuals;
Lewis;
Similarity;
Special Science Laws;
Elga;
THERMODYNAMICS;
D O I:
10.2478/kjps-2019-0010
中图分类号:
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号:
01 ;
0101 ;
摘要:
Adam Elga has presented an anti-thermodynamic process as a counte-rexample to Lewis's default semantics for counterfactuals. The outstanding reaction of Jonathan Schaffer and Boris Kment is revisionary. It sacrifices Lewis's aim of defining causation in terms of counterfactual dependence. Lewis himself suggested an alternative: "counter-entropic funnybusiness" should make for dissimilarity. But how is this alternative to be spelled out? I discuss a recent proposal: include special science laws, among them the laws of thermodynamics. Although the proposal fails, it serves to uncover the limits of Elga's example.
机构:
Univ La Laguna, Fac Psicol, Dept Psicol Cognit Social & Org, Tenerife, SpainUniv La Laguna, Fac Psicol, Dept Psicol Cognit Social & Org, Tenerife, Spain
Urrutia Martinez, Mabel Alejandra
de Vega Rodriguez, Manuel
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机构:
Univ La Laguna, Fac Psicol, Dept Psicol Cognit Social & Org, Tenerife, SpainUniv La Laguna, Fac Psicol, Dept Psicol Cognit Social & Org, Tenerife, Spain
de Vega Rodriguez, Manuel
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