Implication as Inclusion and the Causal Asymmetry
Abstract: How does causation in the physical world relate to implication in logic? This article presents implication as fundamentally a relation of inclusion between propositions. Given this, it is argued that an event cannot “causally imply” another, also given the laws of nature. Then, by applying the notion of inclusion to physical objects, a relation “within the possibilities of” is developed, which generates a partial order on sets of entities and is independent of time. Based on this, it is shown that changes of physical objects in time (at any rate, a great many of them) imply, and thus counterfactually depend on, what we call “causes” – an asymmetric dependence which is robust despite the perspectival nature of the concept of “cause”.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Implication as Inclusion and the Causal Asymmetry ; volume:25 ; number:1 ; year:2024 ; pages:41-58 ; extent:18
Metaphysica ; 25, Heft 1 (2024), 41-58 (gesamt 18)
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10.1515/mp-2023-0031
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024041215393043080205
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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