Professor Sophie Gibb s.c.gibb@durham.ac.uk
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The Causal Closure Principle
Gibb, S.C.
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Abstract
In the mental causation debate, there is a common assumption that interactive dualism is false because of the principle of the causal closure of the physical domain. However, this paper argues that recent advances in metaphysics—more specifically, in the philosophy of causation—reveal a serious, general flaw in contemporary formulations of this principle.
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Gibb, S. (2015). The Causal Closure Principle. Philosophical Quarterly, 65(261), 626-647. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqv030
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Apr 26, 2015 |
Publication Date | Oct 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Feb 13, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 26, 2017 |
Journal | Philosophical Quarterly |
Print ISSN | 0031-8094 |
Electronic ISSN | 1467-9213 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 65 |
Issue | 261 |
Pages | 626-647 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqv030 |
Keywords | Causal closure principle, Interactive dualism, Powers theory of causation, Causal sufficiency, Double prevention, Enabling events. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1445519 |
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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The Philosophical Quarterly following peer review. The version of record Gibb, S. C. (2015) 'The causal closure principle.', Philosophical quarterly, 65(261): 626-647 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqv030.
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