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Ideas of Curt Ducasse, by Text
[American, 1881 - 1969, Head of Philosophy at Brown University.]
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1926
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Nature and Observability of Causal Relations
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Intro
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p.125
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8367
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Causation is defined in terms of a single sequence, and constant conjunction is no part of it
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§1
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p.125
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8368
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A correct definition is what can be substituted without loss of meaning
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§2
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p.126
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8369
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Causes are either sufficient, or necessary, or necessitated, or contingent upon
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§3
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p.127
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8370
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A cause is a change which occurs close to the effect and just before it
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§4
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p.129
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8371
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Recurrence is only relevant to the meaning of law, not to the meaning of cause
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§5
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p.134
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8372
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We see what is in common between causes to assign names to them, not to perceive them
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§5
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p.135
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8373
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When a brick and a canary-song hit a window, we ignore the canary if we are interested in the breakage
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§6
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p.135
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8374
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We are interested in generalising about causes and effects purely for practical purposes
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