Causal pluralism in the life sciences : a journey along the frontiers of conceptual plurality

Causal pluralism in the life sciences : a journey along the frontiers of conceptual plurality / Kolja Ehrenstein.

This book takes a new approach to the debate on causal pluralism in the philosophy of biology by asking how useful pluralism is instead of debating its truth. The core thesis in this work is that many problems do not hinge on the question of whether or not we subscribe to causal pluralism. As one st...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ehrenstein, Kolja (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]
Series:History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences ; v. 25.
Subjects:
Biology > Philosophy.
Pluralism.
pluralism.
Biology > Philosophy
Pluralism
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Conceptual pluralism
  • 2. Theories of causation
  • 3. Recognising pluralism and arity pluralism
  • 4. The concepts of ultimate and proximate cause
  • 5. Permissive and instructive causes
  • 6. Distinctions between production and dependence
  • 7. Omissions and conceptual distinctions of causal concepts
  • 8. Epilogue
  • Index.

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