Just a reminder that Adrian Boutel will be speaking at the Serious Metaphysics Group tomorrow (Thursday), on 'Downward Causation Without Tears'. We'll meet from 1:00 - 2:30pm in the Faculty Board Room.
Hope to see you there, Georgie Downward Causation Without Tears Individual action often has social or cultural causes. But explanations that appeal to social-level phenomena are sometimes objected to in social scientific contexts on the basis that they involve “downward causation”—implying such horribles as collective super-entities and the denial of individual agency. Drawing on familiar metaphysical resources, particularly Woodwardian manipulation, I outline an inoffensive model of cultural downward causation which is compatible with a non-spooky social ontology, including supervenience of the social on the individual and uncompromised agency. -- Georgie Statham PhD Candidate Faculty of Philosophy University of Cambridge _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
