Synthese - Vol. 183, No. 3, Dec 2011

1 Introduction......Page 1
2.2 Geometrical/mechanical theories......Page 4
5 Waskan's Proposals......Page 9
4 Two mechanistic distinctions......Page 10
7 Mechanisms and Spatio-temporally Organized Difference-Making Information......Page 15
References......Page 18
7  An example of functional analysis......Page 22
References......Page 25
Acknowledgments......Page 26
References......Page 27
2.1 Difference-making accounts of causation......Page 3
3.1 Alternative 1: a specific actualist-mechanist theory of causal claims......Page 6
5 Model-based explanations without mechanisms......Page 16
6 The difference-of-Gaussians model......Page 20
7 The Zipser--Andersen gain field model......Page 24
2 The problem of constitutive relevance......Page 2
3 Two Concepts of Causation?......Page 8
4.1 Phenomenological versus mechanistic models......Page 11
6 More on Mechanisms and Interventionist Counterfactuals......Page 14
8 Causal Perception and the Development of Causal Representation......Page 17
8 Mathematical modeling and mechanistic explanation......Page 30
References......Page 32
3.2 Alternative 2: a non-specific actualist-mechanist theory of causal claims......Page 7
References......Page 13
3 Alternative strategies......Page 5
References......Page 19