Connections not causes A. D. HARVEY Connections not causes.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- HARVEY, A. D.
- Source
- Critical Quarterly. Oct2010, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p47-54. 8p.
- Subject
- *CAUSATION (Philosophy)
*CONNECTIONISM
*CAUSALITY (Physics)
*DETERMINISM (Philosophy)
*DETERMINANTS (Mathematics)
*WORLD War I
- Language
- ISSN
- 0011-1562
The article focuses on the notion of causation and the law of causality in predicting the future. It talks about the connections between events at certain times, the principle of determinate cause for every event, and the existence of patterns and uniqueness of events. It highlights the connectedness tradition of events and how it relates with the taxonomy of causation. Moreover, it tackles the causes of the First World War that illustrate the limitations and failure of causal explanation.