Category Archives: Causality

by | February 12, 2012

Thinking About Causality (Part 2)

If you’re following along with the discussion of causality via the commentary on Judea Pearl’s text that we’ve begun here at TMD, the good news is that we’re still at it…the bad news is that we’re still debating (check out … Continue reading →

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by | February 6, 2012

The Empirical and the Probable: Clarence Irving Lewis’ Response to Hume

I find Trin’s notion of causal minimalism quite interesting.  At first brush, it has reminded me of Husserl, insofar as Husserl metaphysically “brackets” existence from phenomenology and “transcendentalizes” psychology, thereby leaving Husserl only with an epistemological investigation by which to … Continue reading →

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by | February 1, 2012

Thinking About Causality (Part 1)

Starting at the end of a book is typically a bad idea, but in this case I think it’s enlightening to begin at the end, as it were. For one, Pearl makes some of his most dramatic claims and I … Continue reading →

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