Agent Causation
Andrea White
Chapter from the book: White, A. 2024. Understanding Mental Causation.
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Chapter 5 offers a critical examination of some existing theories of agency that appeal to the concept of agent causation or substance causation. I suggest that the chief failing of these theories is that they do not go far enough when it comes to rejecting the relational approach to causation.
White, A. 2024. Agent Causation. In: White, A, Understanding Mental Causation. York: White Rose University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22599/White.f
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Published on Dec. 17, 2024