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CAUSALITY and DETERMINISM IN ECONOMICS [PDF]

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1994
A great deal of recent methodological discussion in economics and econometrics has been dominated by the question of the appropriate role of the concepts of causality and determinism. This paper traces the evolution of these two notions in recent economics literature, and seeks to appraise the current range of professional opinion.
Stavros A. Drakopoulos, Thomas S. Torrance   +1 more
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An Inchoate Universe: James's Probabilistic Underdeterminism [PDF]

, 2018
In this paper, I challenge the traditional narrative that William James’s arguments against determinism were primarily motivated by his personal struggles with depression.
Bromhall, Kyle
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A Prospective Study of Individuals at Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Informs the Design of Primary Prevention Studies

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective In multiple sclerosis, the optimal time for deploying a therapeutic intervention is before the central nervous system is damaged; given the success of trials treating the earliest stage of MS, the radiologically isolated syndrome, developing primary prevention strategies is an important next challenge.
Amy W. Laitinen, Ceren Tozlu, Tina Roostaei, Fatoumata Diallo, Kaho Onomichi, Jiyeon Son, Zongqi Xia, Philip L. De Jager   +7 more
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Mental causation: a defence [PDF]

, 2011
If we accept causal exclusion, property dualism and physical determinism, mental epiphenomenalism follows. Accord-ing to Yablo (1992), we can save mental causation by rejecting causal exclusion and considering the mental/physical relation as an instance ...
Bacchini, Fabio
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Effects of Causal Determinism on Causal Learning Trajectories. [PDF]

, 2020
Research on causal learning suggests that people are capable of learning nondeterministic causal relations, but might expectcausal relations to be deterministic in certain contexts. In two experiments, we demonstrated that peoples expectations ofcausal determinism are context-sensitive and can influence causal judgments in a sequential learning task ...
Dinh, Phuong (Phoebe), Danks, David
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Characterization of Defect Distribution in an Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg as a Function of Processing Parameters and Correlations with Extreme Value Statistics

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Predicting extreme defects in additive manufacturing remains a key challenge limiting its structural reliability. This study proposes a statistical framework that integrates Extreme Value Theory with advanced process indicators to explore defect–process relationships and improve the estimation of critical defect sizes. The approach provides a basis for
Muhammad Muteeb Butt, Varma Kvvssn, Hossein Laieghi, Zia Uddin, Peyman Ansari, E. Kıvanç Sadak, Can Barış Toprak, Hüseyin Kızıl, Enrico Salvati   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinism and the Method of Difference

Theoria, 2011
The first part of this paper reveals a conflict between the core principles of deterministic causation and the standard method of difference, which is widely seen (and used) as a correct method of causally analyzing deterministic structures. We show that
Urs Hofmann, Michael Baumgartner
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“Free Will and Affirmation: Assessing Honderich’s Third Way” [PDF]

, 2017
In the third and final part of his A Theory of Determinism (TD) Ted Honderich addresses the fundamental question concerning “the consequences of determinism.” The critical question he aims to answer is what follows if determinism is true?
B Waller, B Williams, D Dennett, D Pereboom, D Pereboom, D Pereboom, D Pereboom, P Russell, P Russell, RJ Wallace, S Smilansky, T Honderich, T Honderich   +12 more
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Causality and determination, powers and agency: Anscombean perspectives

Synthese, 2022
AbstractAnscombe’s 1971 inaugural lecture at Cambridge, entitled ‘Causality and Determination’, has had a lasting influence on a remarkably broad range of philosophers and philosophical debates, touching on fundamental topics in philosophy of science, action theory, the free will debate, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics.
Mulder, Jesse M., Müller, Thomas, Ometto, Dawa, Van Miltenburg, Niels   +3 more
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Bioinspired Shape‐Memory Hook Fasteners With Programmable Interlocking and Silent Release

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Bioinspired hook fasteners made from epoxy shape‐memory polymers are shown to switch between strong, secure attachment and gentle, silent release when heated. By combining programmable geometry and material response, these adaptive fasteners outperform commercial systems in strength and noise control, enabling new solutions for robotics, medical ...
Maria I. Vallejo Ciro, Manuel J. Carvajal Loaiza, Rahaf Homssi, Vanessa Restrepo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source