Causation in a timeless world?
This paper is an attempt to answer the question, 'could there be causation in a timeless world?' My conclusion: tentatively, yes. The paper and argument have three parts. Part one introduces salient issues and spells out the importance of this (initially somewhat baroque seeming) line of i...
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| description | This paper is an attempt to answer the question, 'could there be causation in a timeless world?' My conclusion: tentatively, yes. The paper and argument have three parts. Part one introduces salient issues and spells out the importance of this (initially somewhat baroque seeming) line of investigation. Section two of the paper reviews recent arguments due to Baron and Miller (2015a), who argue in favor of the possibility of causation in a timeless world, and looks to reject their arguments developed there. Section three is a response to a response. In their (2015a), Baron and Miller also argue that an argument in favor of the possibility of causation at timeless worlds, that I put forward (Tallant, 2008), is an argument that fails. In section three, my response to Baron and Miller is that their argument against me succeeds, but that there is a nearby argument that we can appeal to in order to demonstrate the possibility of causation at timeless worlds. |
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| spelling | nottingham-492222019-09-20T04:30:15Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49222/ Causation in a timeless world? Tallant, Jonathan This paper is an attempt to answer the question, 'could there be causation in a timeless world?' My conclusion: tentatively, yes. The paper and argument have three parts. Part one introduces salient issues and spells out the importance of this (initially somewhat baroque seeming) line of investigation. Section two of the paper reviews recent arguments due to Baron and Miller (2015a), who argue in favor of the possibility of causation in a timeless world, and looks to reject their arguments developed there. Section three is a response to a response. In their (2015a), Baron and Miller also argue that an argument in favor of the possibility of causation at timeless worlds, that I put forward (Tallant, 2008), is an argument that fails. In section three, my response to Baron and Miller is that their argument against me succeeds, but that there is a nearby argument that we can appeal to in order to demonstrate the possibility of causation at timeless worlds. Taylor and Francis 2018-03-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49222/1/FINAL.pdf Tallant, Jonathan (2018) Causation in a timeless world? Inquiry . ISSN 1502-3923 Timeless; causation; timeless worlds https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0020174X.2018.1446051 doi:10.1080/0020174X.2018.1446051 doi:10.1080/0020174X.2018.1446051 |
| spellingShingle | Timeless; causation; timeless worlds Tallant, Jonathan Causation in a timeless world? |
| title | Causation in a timeless world? |
| title_full | Causation in a timeless world? |
| title_fullStr | Causation in a timeless world? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Causation in a timeless world? |
| title_short | Causation in a timeless world? |
| title_sort | causation in a timeless world? |
| topic | Timeless; causation; timeless worlds |
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