Lewis on Backward Causation

被引：8

作者：

Wasserman, Ryan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA 98225 USA

来源：

THOUGHT-A JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY | 2015年 / 4卷 / 03期

关键词：

causation; counterfactuals; world similarity; time travel; David Lewis;

D O I：

10.1002/tht3.167

中图分类号：

B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ;

摘要：

David Lewis famously defends a counterfactual theory of causation and a non-causal, similarity-based theory of counterfactuals. Lewis also famously defends the possibility of backward causation. I argue that this combination of views is untenable-given the possibility of backward causation, one ought to reject Lewis's theories of causation and counterfactuals.

引用

页码：141 / 150

页数：10

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