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Causal Informational Structural Realism.

Authors :
Beni, Majid D.
Source :
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Jun2020, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p117-134. 18p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The debate between proponents and opponents of causal foundationalism has recently surfaced as a disparity between causal structuralism and causal anti-foundationalism in the structural realist camp. The paper outlines and dissolves the problem of disparity for (informational) structural realism. I follow John Collier (also Carl T. Bergstrom and Martin Rosvall) to specify causation in terms of the transmission of information. Unlike them, I built upon the reverse quantum data-processing inequality to show how this approach models causation as a symmetric process at the level of fundamental physics (but not special sciences). I show how this suggestion reduces the disparity about causation to a problem of application to diverse contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02698595
Volume :
33
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
149333919
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2020.1848346