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What's Right and What's Wrong with Transference Theories
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Dowe, P, What's Right and What's Wrong with Transference Theories, Erkenntnis, 42, (3) pp. 363-374. ISSN 0165-0106 (1995) [Refereed Article]
Abstract
This paper examines the Transference Theory of causation, developed originally by Aronson (1971) and Fair (1979). Three difficulties for that theory are presented: firstly, problems associated with the direction of transference and causal asymmetry; secondly, the case of persistence as causation, for example where a body's own inertia is the cause of its motion; and thirdly the problematic notion of identity through time of physical quantities such as energy or momentum. Finally, the theory is compared with the Conserved Quantity Theory (Dowe 1992c), and it is shown that that account embodies the modifications that the transference theory needs to adopt. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Research Group: | Philosophy |
Research Field: | Logic |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in psychology |
UTAS Author: | Dowe, P (Mr Phil Dowe) |
ID Code: | 4105 |
Year Published: | 1995 |
Deposited By: | Philosophy |
Deposited On: | 1995-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2011-08-22 |
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