Category Archives: Skepticism
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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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
Hume’s Causality Problem: An Introduction
I was reading through Trin’s very interesting post on the epistemic minimalism of causality in relation to Judea Pearl’s response to Bertrand Russell’s problem, as well as Josh’s subsequent thought provoking comment on Hume, which got me thinking this week … Continue reading
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