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Causation, Coherence and Concepts A Collection of Essays /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spohn, W. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 256
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.