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| Causal role: In philosophy, causal role refers to the specific function or contribution that a particular entity or phenomenon plays within a causal system. When we speak of a role, we express that we have chosen a certain explanatory scheme. See also Roles, Causality, Conceptual roles._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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David Chalmers on Causal Role - Dictionary of Arguments
79 Causal role/Chalmers: functional properties are often characterized in terms of a causal role relative to other higher-level entities. >Levels/order, >Description Levels. It follows that logical supervenience of these properties is involved by the logical supervenience of other higher-level concepts, whereby these concepts can in turn be functionally characterized. This is not a problem, as long as causal roles appear as non-functional properties, typically as structural or phenomenal properties. >Supervenience, >Qualia, >Phenomena._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Cha I D. Chalmers The Conscious Mind Oxford New York 1996 Cha II D. Chalmers Constructing the World Oxford 2014 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28