Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Causation: (Advances in Experimental Philosophy)

What is the connection between causation and responsibility? Is there a best way to theorize philosophically about causation? Which factors determine and influence what we judge to be the cause of something? Bringing together interdisciplinary research from experimental philosophy, traditional philosophy and psychology, this collection showcases the most recent developments and approaches to questions about causation. Chapters discuss the diverse theoretical ramifications of empirical findings in experimental philosophy of causation, providing a comprehensive survey of key issues such as the perception and learning of causal relations, omission, normative considerations, mechanism, voluntariness and legal theories of causation. With novel contributions from both experts and rising stars, Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Causation demonstrates the value of empirical work and opens new domains of inquiry at the cutting edge of the field.

Table of Contents:
1. Revisiting Hume in the 21st Century: The Possibility of Generalizable Causal Beliefs Given Inherently Unobservable Causal Relations, Patricia W. Cheng (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) and Nicholas Ichien (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) 2. Mysteries of Actual Causation: It’s Complicated, James Woodward (University of Pittsburgh, USA) 3. Juggling Intuitions about Causation and Omissions, Carolina Sartorio (University of Arizona, USA) 4. Causal Perception and Causal Inference: An Integrated Account, David Danks (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) and Ngoc Phuong Dinh (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) 5. The Interplay between Covariation, Temporal, and Mechanism Information in Singular Causation Judgments, Simon Stephan (University of Goettingen, Germany) and Michael Waldmann (University of Goettingen, Germany) 6. Cause, ‘Cause’, and Norm, Eric Sievers (Florida State University, USA) and John Schwenkler (Florida State University, USA) 7. The Responsibility Account, Justin Sytsma (Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand) 8. Causation in the Law, and Experimental Philosophy, Karolina Prochownik (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) 9. Children and Adults Don’t Think They Are Free: A Skeptical Look at Agent Causationism, Kevin Reuter (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Lucas Huber (University of Berne, Switzerland) and Trix Cacchione (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland) Index

About the Author :
Pascale Willemsen is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Alex Wiegmann is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Emmy Noether Research Group, Experimental Philosophy and the Method of Cases (EXTRA), at the Institute for Philosophy II at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

Review :
Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Causation is an incredibly rich volume, presenting perspectives on many of the most important questions that emerge from humans’ fascination with understanding “why?”. The interdisciplinary contributors connect causal cognition to an exciting range of approaches and implications, from computational modeling to legal responsibility.