Reutlinger, Alexander (2013). Can Interventionists Be Neo-Russellians? Interventionism, the Open Systems Argument, and the Arrow of Entropy. Int. Stud. Philos. Sci., 27 (3). S. 273 - 294. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1469-9281
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Several proponents of the interventionist theory of causation have recently argued for a neo-Russellian account of causation. The article discusses two strategies for interventionists to be neo-Russellians. First, I argue that the open systems argument-the main argument for a neo-Russellian account advocated by interventionists-fails. Second, I explore and discuss an alternative for interventionists who wish to be neo-Russellians: the statistical-mechanical account. Although the latter account is an attractive alternative, it is argued that interventionists are not able to adopt it straightforwardly. Hence, to be neo-Russellians remains a challenge for interventionists.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-476211 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/02698595.2013.825497 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Int. Stud. Philos. Sci. | ||||||||
| Volume: | 27 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 273 - 294 | ||||||||
| Date: | 2013 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | ABINGDON | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1469-9281 | ||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||
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| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/47621 |
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