Free Will and Action Explanation: A Non-Causal Combatibilist Account, by Scott Sehon
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DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2017.1357045
Abstract: The scientific worldview seems to threaten the common picture of human agency on two fronts. Most obviously, we see human agency as responsible agency: people can be praised or blamed for their act... read more here.
Keywords: explanation non; action explanation; free action; combatibilist account ... See more keywords
Non-causal understanding with economic models: the case of general equilibrium
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DOI: 10.1080/1350178x.2017.1335424
Abstract: How can we use models to understand real phenomena if models misrepresent the very phenomena we seek to understand? Some accounts suggest that models may afford understanding by providing causal knowledge about phenomena via how-possibly… read more here.
Keywords: causal understanding; non causal; economic models; equilibrium ... See more keywords
Arbitrarily Varying Wiretap Channels With Non-Causal Side Information at the Jammer
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DOI: 10.1109/tit.2023.3245722
Abstract: Secure communication in a potentially hostile environment is becoming more and more critical. The Arbitrarily Varying Wiretap Channel (AVWC) provides information-theoretical bounds on how much information can be exchanged even in the presence of an… read more here.
Keywords: information; causal side; non causal; side information ... See more keywords
VARIETIES OF DIFFERENCE-MAKERS: CONSIDERATIONS ON CHIRIMUUTA’S APPROACH TO NON-CAUSAL EXPLANATION IN NEUROSCIENCE
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DOI: 10.1590/0100-6045.2019.v42n1.ap
Abstract: Abstract Causal approaches to explanation often assume that a model explains by describing features that make a difference regarding the phenomenon. Chirimuuta claims that this idea can be also used to understand non-causal explanation in… read more here.
Keywords: explanation; difference; non causal; difference makers ... See more keywords