Search for dissertations about: "causal explanation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the words causal explanation.

  2. 1. Causal Facts

    Author : Johannes Persson; Teoretisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; causation; trope; disposition; causal explanation; causal law; Philosophical logic; counterfactual conditional; causal mechanism; Teoretisk filosofi; logik;

    Abstract : The thesis addresses the nature of causation. It is argued that causation exists and is as local as its causes and effects. As a consequence, the position advocated is contrary to the as yet prevailing view that no 'causal tie' between cause and effect exists. Moreover, it is suggested that this tie can be perceived. READ MORE

  4. 2. On Causal Attribution

    Author : B. Ingemar B. Lindahl; Dugald Murdoch; Ingmar Pörn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; causation; cause-condition distinction; causal selection; differentiating factor; inus condition; explanation; covering-law model; Mill’s methods; objectivity; pragmatics; responsibility; abnormalism; history; science; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : This dissertation treats of the problem of attributing the occurrence of an individual event or state to a single cause — a problem commonly understood either as a question of distinguishing the cause from the mere conditions or as a matter of singling out, from several causes, one cause, as the cause. The main purpose of the study is to clarify some basic concepts, and some criteria of ascertainment of the cause, that may be discerned in the literature on causal attribution. READ MORE

  5. 3. In Virtue Of : Determination, Dependence, and Metaphysically Opaque Grounding

    Author : Henrik Rydéhn; Matti Eklund; Sten Lindström; Dan López de Sa; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; grounding; metaphysical grounding; dependence; ontological dependence; determination; explanation; metaphysical explanation; essence; modality; fundamentality; metaphysical laws; reduction; supervenience; metaphysical structure; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates grounding, the relation of non-causal determination whereby one fact obtains in virtue of some other fact or facts. Although considerations of grounding have been central throughout Western philosophy, the last 15-20 years have seen a renaissance of systematic work on grounding in analytic philosophy. READ MORE

  6. 4. Hedonism as the Explanation of Value

    Author : David Brax; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Value; Pleasure; Hedonism; naturalism; affective science; Meta-ethics;

    Abstract : This thesis defends a hedonistic theory of value consisting of two main components. Part 1 offers a theory of pleasure. Pleasures are experiences distinguished by a distinct phenomenological quality. This quality is attitudinal in nature: it is the feeling of liking. READ MORE

  7. 5. An architecture for diagnostic reasoning based on causal models

    Author : Jan Olsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Diagnostiska metoder; Dynamisk programmering; Expertsystem; Databehandling;

    Abstract : This thesis proposes an architecture for diagnostic reasoning employing causal models. The architecture embodies a knowledge representation at the problem-solving layer. That is, the way a problem is solved—in this case to arrive at a diagnosis—is an integral part of the knowledge representation. READ MORE