Causation, Coherence and Concepts A Collection of Essays

Causation, Coherence and Concepts A Collection of Essays / by W. Spohn.

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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Main Author: Spohn, W. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Series:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 256
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Subjects:
Philosophy and science.
Epistemology.
Language and languages—Philosophy.
Philosophy of mind.
Metaphysics.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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