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SUMMARY:Metaphysical Causation
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LOCATION:London\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:<p>Tues 21 Jan\, 5.00pm<br> Room 243\, second floor\, Senate House\, WC1</p>\n<p>Alastair Wilson (Birmingham)</p>\n<p>Metaphysical Causation<br> <br> Abstract: There is a systematic and suggestive analogy between grounding and causation. In my view\, this is no coincidence: grounding and causation resemble one another because grounding is a type of causation. I defend the identification of grounding with metaphysical causation from some initial objections\, and I draw on the causation literature to explore connections between grounding and counterfactuals. I outline a non-reductive counterfactual theory of grounding along interventionist lines\, and use it to diagnose the prevalence of scepticism about grounding as deriving\, at least in part\, from scepticism about non-trivial counterpossible counterfactuals.<br> .<br> <br> If you would like to have dinner with the speaker on the evening of their talk please contact the LEM convenor\, Dr Corine Besson: <a target="_blank">Corine.Besson@sas.ac.uk</a> <br> <br> Spring 2014 Series: <a target="_blank">http://goo.gl/VjrHTp</a> </p>\n\n<p>Co-convenors: Dr Corine Besson (Sussex) and Robert Bassett.</p>
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