Singular and General Causal Relations: A Mechanist Perspective

Authors

Stuart Glennan, Butler UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Publication Title

Causality in the Sciences

First Page

789

Last Page

817

Additional Publication URL

http://www.oup.com/us/

Abstract

My aim in this paper is to make a case for the singularist view from the perspective of a mechanical theory of causation (Glennan 1996, 1997, 2010, forthcoming), and to explain what, from this perspective, causal generalizations mean, and what role they play within the mechanical theory.

Rights

This is a post-print version of a book chapter published in: In Causality in the Sciences, edited by Phyllis McKay Illari, Renee Russo and Jon Williamson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 789-817.Archived with permission from Oxford University Press, all rights reserved.

Recommended Citation

Singular and General Causal Relations: A Mechanist Perspective (2011). In Causality in the Sciences, edited by Phyllis McKay Illari, Renee Russo and Jon Williamson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 789-817.