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Difficulties in the formulation of a general law of causality

Philipp FrankRobert S Cohen

pp. 218-239

Résumé

Though it is rather clear what is meant by a law of causality, it is still difficult to formulate what is to be meant by the law of causality. Let us try, for example, to say: from the state A 0, of the world at the present moment t 0,the state A 1, at each following moment t 1 is determined unambiguously. This can mean two different things; either, as often as the world assumes the state A 0 it will, after the time (t 1 - t 0), assume the state A 1, or we could say, there is a law which, for each state A 0 at time t 0, allows us to compute state A 1 at the time t 1, if t 1, is greater than t 0.

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

Frank Philipp, Cohen Robert S (1998) The law of causality and its limits. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 218-239

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5516-8_9

Citation complète:

Frank Philipp, Cohen Robert S, 1998, Difficulties in the formulation of a general law of causality. In Frank & R.S. Cohen The law of causality and its limits (218-239). Dordrecht, Springer.