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K OTÁZCE MOŽNOSTI ZPĚTNÉ KAUZALITY
To the Question of the Possibility of Backward Causality

Author(s): Tomáš Machula
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Filozofický ústav SAV
Keywords: Causation; backward causation; quasi-causation;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the conception of backward causation, i.e. with the question whether an effect can precede its cause. It analyses some arguments for possibility of backward causation. It is especially Dummett’s theory of quasi-causation that is a moderate form of backward causation concept. The article refuses the arguments for possibility of backward causation as unconvincing of false.

  • Issue Year: 15/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 168-177
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech