Causation, coherence, and concepts : a collection of essays / Wolfgang 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, Wolfgang
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Language:English
Published: [Dordrecht] : Springer, ©2009.
Series:Boston studies in the philosophy of science (Online) ; v. 256.
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505 0 |a Ordinal conditional functions: a dynamic theory of epistemic states -- Direct and indirect causes -- Causation: an alternative -- Bayesian nets are all there is to causal dependence -- Causal laws are objectifications of inductive schemes -- Laws, ceteris paribus conditions, and the dynamics of belief -- Enumerative induction and lawlikeness -- Chance and necessity: from Humean supervenience to Humean projection -- A reason for explanation: explanations provide stable reasons -- Two coherence principles -- How to understand the foundations of empirical belief in a coherentist way -- 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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