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Causal exclusion without causal sufficiency
Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. (philosophy)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6423-1324
2021 (English)In: Synthese, ISSN 0039-7857, E-ISSN 1573-0964, Vol. 198, p. 10341-10353Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Some non-reductionists claim that so-called ‘exclusion arguments’ against their position rely on a notion of causal sufficiency that is particularly problematic. I argue that such concerns about the role of causal sufficiency in exclusion arguments are relatively superficial since exclusionists can address them by reformulating exclusion arguments in terms of physical sufficiency. The resulting exclusion arguments still face familiar problems, but these are not related to the choice between causal sufficiency and physical sufficiency. The upshot is that objections to the notion of causal sufficiency can be answered in a straightforward fashion and that such objections therefore do not pose a serious threat to exclusion arguments.

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Springer, 2021. Vol. 198, p. 10341-10353
Keywords [en]
Mental Causation, Causal Exclusion, Exclusion Arguments, Non-Reductionism, Causation, Causal Sufficiency
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Philosophy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-174964DOI: 10.1007/s11229-020-02723-yISI: 000543542400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85086376410OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-174964DiVA, id: diva2:1466635
Available from: 2020-09-12 Created: 2020-09-12 Last updated: 2024-04-19Bibliographically approved

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