The experimentalist theory of causality presupposes the free capacity of interfering with the natural course of events and this raises the problem of anthropomorphism. The author discusses the most common objections concerning anthropomorphism. He distinguishes between two kinds of anthropomorphism: the first has been rightly rejected by modern science, but the second is inescapable for all theories of causality.
Causality, Experiment, and Anthropomorphism
BUZZONI, Marco
2013-01-01
Abstract
The experimentalist theory of causality presupposes the free capacity of interfering with the natural course of events and this raises the problem of anthropomorphism. The author discusses the most common objections concerning anthropomorphism. He distinguishes between two kinds of anthropomorphism: the first has been rightly rejected by modern science, but the second is inescapable for all theories of causality.File in questo prodotto:
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