Bi-directionality and time in causal relationships

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Published 25-04-2022
DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.22695
Fernanda Samaniego
UNAM, México

Abstract

This paper aims to provide an answer to James Woodward’s article “Flagpoles anyone? Causal and explanatory asymmetries”. It will be conjectured that, when causal directionality depends on the experimental design, it is because the variables involved are capable of producing changes in each other. This will be exemplified using the case of ideal gases as opposed to the flagpole-shadow scenario.

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Samaniego, F. (2022). Bi-directionality and time in causal relationships. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 37(1), 103–109. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.22695
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Keywords

casuality, directionality, mutually dependent variables

Issue
Vol. 37 No. 1 (2022): James Woodward: Causal and explanatory asymmetries
Section
MONOGRAPHIC SECTION
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