Agency, Causation, and Empiricism

DAVOODY BENI M.

THEORIA-A SWEDISH JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, cilt.87, sa.3, ss.729-751, 2021 (AHCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 87 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/theo.12311
  • Dergi Adı: THEORIA-A SWEDISH JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, L'Année philologique, Humanities Abstracts, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, Philosopher's Index, zbMATH, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.729-751
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: agency theory of causation, constructive empiricism, Bertrand Russell
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Price claims that the agency theory of causation could be understood as a sophisticated form of either realism or empiricism (but not a simple-minded form of any of them). In this paper, I argue that the agency theory could find a more congenial ally in constructive empiricism (rather than realism) and show that this new alliance would be profitable to both constructive empiricism and the agency theory of causation.