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MAS Contemporary Theories about Causation (in engl. Sprache/ in English language) (MA 82001; MA 82401; MA 82011; MA 82012; MA 82411; theoretisch: BA 54701, BA 54702, BA 53901)- Lecturer
- Dr. Pauline Sabrier
- Details
- Masterseminar
2 cred.h, certificate, ECTS studies
Master, Bachelor, Sprache Englisch, ECTS: siehe entsprechende meinCampus-Einträge für die o. g. Prüfungsnummern; auch für fortgeschrittene BA-Studierende geeignet
Time and place: Thu 10:15 - 11:45, PSG A 402; comments on time and place: Diese Lehrveranstaltung findet zunächst nicht in den angegebenen Lehrräumen statt, sondern online. Treten Sie darum rechtzeitig vor Beginn der ersten Sitzung dem Kurs bei StudOn bei und beachten Sie die Ankündigungen und Hinweise dort. - This seminar will at first NOT take place in the stated lecture room, but ONLINE. Therefore, please join the corresponding course in StudON in due time before start of the the first session and follow the hints and announcements there.
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- (This seminar will be held in English.)
For any questions regarding this seminar, please contact:
pauline.sabrier@fau.de
- Contents
- The notion of causation is familiar from everyday life. We are used to identifying events or things as being related by cause and effect, and this plays an important role in our understanding of the world around us. But what is it that we are looking for when we are looking for the cause of something? More precisely, what is the nature of this relation, and what are the relata? A turning point in the philosophy of causation is Hume's criticism of the idea that there is a necessary connection between a cause and its effects and his claim that causation is simply a matter of constant conjunction, or regularity of succession.
In this seminar, we shall follow four main research directions. Going back to Hume, we shall enquire again into the nature of this relation, causation, by examining the leading theories in contemporary metaphysics. We shall then examine the question of the nature of the relata: Events? Facts? Agents? Depending on one's answer to this question, is causation to be distinguished from causal explanation? Finally, we shall investigate the connection between metaphysical theories of causation and theories of moral responsibility.
- Recommended literature
- Recommended readings
Mumford, S. and Anjum, R. L. (2013), Causation: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University press. Beebee, H., Hitchcock, C. and Menzies, O. (2009), The Oxford Handbook of Causation, Oxford University Press.
- ECTS information:
- Prerequisites
- ECTS: see according meinCampus-entries for a. m. exam numbers;
this seminar is also suitable for advanced BA-students.
- Additional information
- www: https://www.studon.fau.de/studon/goto.php?target=crs_2920116
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Wednesday, 1.4.2020 and lasts till Sunday, 3.5.2020 über: StudOn.
- Department: Chair of Philosophy (Prof. Dr. Lienemann)
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