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Ortho and Causal Closure as a Closure Operations in the Causal Logic

International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 2005
The authors continue their work from [Commun. Math. Phys. 259, No. 2, 363--366 (2005; Zbl 1079.81007)]. Let \(Z\) be a non-empty set and \({\mathcal G}\) a covering of \(Z\). The authors define two closure operations [in the sense of V.1 in \textit{G.
Cegła, W., Florek, J.
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On an Alleged Loophole in Causal Closure: A Reply to Gamper

Philosophia (United States), 2021
This paper intends to critically consider the idea put forward by Johan Gamper (Philosophia 45: 631–636, 2017) that the principle of causal closure can be reconciled with the possibility of pluralism. This idea is based on redefining causal closure and on the introduction of so-called interfaces between the universes.
Andrea Berber
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The Causal Closure of Physics: An Explanation and Critique

World Futures, 2008
Is the physical world causally closed? Can something immaterial have any causal role within physics? This article seeks to answer these questions by explaining the theory of Causal Closure. Causal Closure says that nothing immaterial can have any causal efficacy upon the material world.
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Review of: "The Fluid Margin between Physical Causal Closure and Non-Physical Causal Closure, extended to The Neutrosophic Causal Closure Principle"

2023
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The Causal Closure of What? An Epistemological Critique of the Principle of Causal Closure

Philosophical Inquiries, 2013
The paper analyses the so-called causal-closure thesis: “Pick any physical event (...) and trace its causal ancestry or posterity as far as you would like; the principle of causal closure of the physical domain says that this will never take you outside the physical domain.
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Abduction versus closure in causal theories

Artificial Intelligence, 1992
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Overdetermination and Causal Closure: A Defense of the Causal Argument for Physicalism

ProtoSociology, 2022
Among the arguments that have been proposed for physicalism, the “causal argument” is widely taken to be the most compelling. Justin Tiehen (2015) has raised an interesting objection to this argument that takes the form of a dilemma. Tiehen’s ultimate conclusion is that at best, the causal argument is circular and so its premises cannot provide support
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The Causal Closure of Physics and Free Will

2012
AbstractThis article focuses on the thesis known as the causal closure (or causal completeness) of physics (CoP)—that all physical events can be fully explained by physical causes governed by the fundamental laws of physics. This thesis raises well-known questions central to free-will debates about the nature and possibility of the “mental causation ...
Robert C. Bishop, Harald Atmanspacher
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