634 | Pure Forms and numbers can't cause anything, and especially not movement [Aristotle] |
9755 | The concept of causality entails laws; random causality is a contradiction [Kant, by Korsgaard] |
17709 | We judge causation by relating events together by some law of nature [Kant, by Mares] |
5562 | Experience is only possible because we subject appearances to causal laws [Kant] |
8374 | We are interested in generalising about causes and effects purely for practical purposes [Ducasse] |
8395 | Mackie has a nomological account of general causes, and a subjunctive conditional account of single ones [Mackie, by Tooley] |
8334 | The virus causes yellow fever, and is 'the' cause; sweets cause tooth decay, but they are not 'the' cause [Mackie] |
4778 | A singular causal statement is true if it is held to fall under a law [Davidson, by Psillos] |
3962 | Cause and effect relations between events must follow strict laws [Davidson] |
3401 | A common view is that causal connections must be instances of a law [Kim] |
8442 | What law would explain causation in the case of causing a table to come into existence? [Sosa] |
8394 | Explaining causation in terms of laws can't explain the direction of causation [Tooley] |
8398 | Causation is a concept of a relation the same in all worlds, so it can't be a physical process [Tooley] |
8325 | The dominant view is that causal laws are prior; a minority say causes can be explained singly [Sosa/Tooley] |
2962 | Maybe causation is a form of rational explanation, not an observation or a state of mind [Lockwood] |
7016 | The standard view is that causal sequences are backed by laws, and between particular events [Heil] |
4213 | Causation may be instances of laws (seen either as constant conjunctions, or as necessities) [Lowe] |
3528 | Causality may require that a law is being followed [Maslin] |
9430 | Singular causes, and identities, might be necessary without falling under a law [Mumford] |
4402 | Empiricists tried to reduce causation to explanation, which they reduced to logic-plus-a-law [Psillos] |
9494 | Singularism about causes is wrong, as the universals involved imply laws [Bird] |
6753 | Laws are more fundamental in science than causes, and laws will explain causes [Bird] |