The Research Seminar Series in Philosophy invites you to a seminar with Christian Löw, "Causation and Counterfactuals".
Abstract: The currently most popular theories of causation are counterfactual accounts. These account either reduce causation to counterfactuals or provide a circular yet informative counterfactual analysis. In this talk, I argue that no counterfactual account of causation can succeed. Standard worries about counterfactual accounts focus on problems with cases of redundant causation. By contrast, I suggest that the problem is more foundational. No understanding of counterfactuals renders them suitable for tracking causal structure. Counterfactuals are simply the wrong kind of tools for analyzing causation.
All interested are welcome to participate in this seminar.
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