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Should any of you care for a more philosophical treatment of the idea of "cause", then I can wholeheartedly recommend: Bertrand Russel, On The Notion Of Cause
by olavolav 8y ago
Should any of you care for a more philosophical treatment of the idea of "cause", then I can wholeheartedly recommend:
Bertrand Russel, On The Notion Of Cause
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
New Series, Vol. 13 (1912 - 1913), pp. 1-26
It's also surprisingly funny.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4543833 https://www.jstor.org/stable/4543833
- Karrot_Kream 8y agoThis is a form of philosophy specifically known as causal processes. [1] contains a good overview of this that presents Russel and critics (Salmon et. al). (I prefer that philosophy be taken in context rather than from the mouth of a particular philosopher). 1: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-process/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-process/
- leephillips 8y agoHere is a copy of the Russel paper free for all: https://users.drew.edu/jlenz/notion-of-cause/br-notion-of-cause.html https://users.drew.edu/jlenz/notion-of-cause/br-notion-of-ca... Thanks for calling attention to this - it is interesting (and funny).