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How norms make causes
Editors
Title / Series / Name
International Journal of Epidemiology
Publication Volume
43
Publication Issue
6
Pages
Authors
Editors
Keywords
Explanatory relevance
Causal selection
Collingwood
Control
Norms
Parity thesis
Genetic causation
Nature-nurture
General Medicine
Epidemiology
Epistemology
Normality
Media
Causality
Control principle
Matter of fact
Selection (linguistics)
Phenomenon
Philosophical analysis
Mill
Medicine
Business
Industry
Causal selection
Collingwood
Control
Norms
Parity thesis
Genetic causation
Nature-nurture
General Medicine
Epidemiology
Epistemology
Normality
Media
Causality
Control principle
Matter of fact
Selection (linguistics)
Phenomenon
Philosophical analysis
Mill
Medicine
Business
Industry
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/13123
Abstract
This paper is on the problem of causal selection and comments on Collingwood's classic paper "The so-called idea of causation". It discusses the relevance of Collingwood’s control principle in contemporary life sciences and defends that it is not the ability to control, but the willingness to control that often biases us towards some rather than other causes of a phenomenon. Willingness to control is certainly only one principle that influences causal selection, but it is an important one. It shows how norms make causes.
Topic
Publisher
Place of Publication
Type
Journal article
Date
2014
Language
ISBN
Identifiers
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyu130