31.3581, Books: Perspectives on Causation: Bar-Asher Siegal, Boneh (eds.)

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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:05:45
From: Laura de Kreij [Laura.dekreij at Springernature.com]
Subject: Perspectives on Causation: Bar-Asher Siegal, Boneh (eds.)

 


Title: Perspectives on Causation 
Subtitle: Selected Papers from the Jerusalem 2017 Workshop 
Series Title: Jerusalem Studies in Philosophy and History of Science  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Springer
	   http://www.springer.com
	

Book URL: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030343071 


Editor: Elitzur A. Bar-Asher Siegal
Editor: Nora Boneh

Electronic: ISBN:  9783030343088 Pages: 482 Price: Europe EURO 85.59
Hardback: ISBN:  9783030343071 Pages: 482 Price: Europe EURO 103.99


Abstract:

This book explores relationships and maps out intersections between
discussions on causation in three scientific disciplines: linguistics,
philosophy, and psychology. The book is organized in five thematic parts,
investigating connections between philosophical and linguistic studies of
causation; presenting novel methodologies for studying the representation of
causation; tackling central issues in syntactic and semantic representation of
causal relations; and introducing recent advances in philosophical thinking on
causation.

Beyond its thematic organization, readers will find several recurring topics
throughout this book, such as the attempt to reduce causality to other
non-causal terms; causal pluralism vs. one all-encompassing account for
causation; causal relations pertaining to the mental as opposed to the
physical realm, and more.

This collection also lays the foundation for questioning whether it is
possible to evaluate available philosophical approaches to causation against
the variety of linguistic phenomena ranging across diverse lexical and
grammatical items, such as bound morphemes, prepositions, connectives, and
verbs. Above all, it lays the groundwork for considering whether the fruits of
the psychological-cognitive study of the perception of causal relations may
contribute to linguistic and philosophical studies, and whether insights from
linguistics can benefit the other two disciplines.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     History of Linguistics
                     Philosophy of Language


Written In: English  (eng)

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