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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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Omissions, causation and responsibility [PDF]
, 2011 In this paper I discuss a recent exchange of articles between Hugh McLachlan and John Coggon on the relationship between omissions, causation and moral responsibility.
McGee, Andrew, Andrew J. McGee
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, 2020 People use varied language to express their causal understand-ing of the world. But how does that language map onto peo-ple’s underlying representations, and how do people choosebetween competing ways to best describe what happened? Inthis paper we develop a model that integrates computationaltools for causal judgment and pragmatic inference to ...
Beller, Ari +2 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin +2 more
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Can Interventionists be Neo-Russellians? Interventionism, the Open Systems Argument and the Arrow of Entropy [PDF]
, 2013 Several proponents of the interventionist theory of causation have recently argued for a neo-Russellian account of causation. The paper discusses two strategies for interventionists to be neo-Russellians. Firstly, I argue that the open systems argument –
Reutlinger, Alexander +1 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito +7 more
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Revista de Estudios Empresariales. Segunda Época, 2014 The logic of effectuation argues that entrepreneurs create their businesses through a process of repeated action that is creative and unplanned, utterly contrary to causal logic or to the rational process put forward in the literature on entrepreneurship.
María del Mar Fuentes Fuentes +3 more
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laws of nature, central dilemma, necessity, causation, motion in substance. [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- KalāmīThis paper proposes a distinct realist perspective on the laws of nature, rooted in the tradition of late Islamic philosophy, which may offer a new solution to one of the difficult challenges of scientific realism, termed the ‘Central Dilemma’ by Mumford.
Masoud Toossi Saeidi +1 more
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Causation and complications [PDF]
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2010 hese are the facts that the authors presented: 1. The patient developed his infection eight weeks after his injections. 2. Despite having an infection that required drainage, the patient had normal range of motion in his metacarpophalangeal joints. 3. The patient refused to be admitted to hospital for “surgical drainage under general anesthesia”, hence,
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Hyperlipidemia is a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Although statins are the cornerstone of lipid‐lowering therapy, their use may be limited in some patients by adverse effects. This study evaluated the possible impact of non‐drug treatment using double‐filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) on CD14+
Yun Cheng +3 more
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