| Grant number: | 16/11438-5 |
| Support type: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |
| Effective date (Start): | November 01, 2016 |
| Effective date (End): | October 31, 2018 |
| Field of knowledge: | Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy |
| Principal Investigator: | Lucas Angioni |
| Grantee: | Davi Heckert Cesar Bastos |
| Home Institution: | Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil |
Abstract The work aims to study the notion of causation in three authors: Aristotle, Mackie (1993/1965) and Sosa (1993/1980). Mackie proposes a regularist approach to causation, following David Hume´s account, but he adds the notion of causal field as a third causal relatum. Sosa proposes that all causation includes necessity, and that there are four types of causation. Aristotle proposes an account with three relata: an underlying, a property of that underlying and a cause that explains why such property is attributed to such underlying. Aristotle also proposes that there are four types of causation - the consecrated four causes. Mackie is similar to Aristotle in the triadic account of causation, and the notion of causal field is similar to the Aristotelian syllogism´s term C. Sosa, on the other hand, is similar to Aristotle on the proposal of four types of causation, and mainly on the proposal that the cause necessitates it´s effect. (AU) | |