Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument

Autores
Orensanz, Martín
Año de publicación
2022
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inglés
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If an ordinary object causes an event, and if its atoms acting in concert cause the same event, then the event in question is overdetermined by two independent causes. The overdetermination argument aims to show that effects are never overdetermined in this way, and that we should only admit that the atoms acting in concert are the cause of the event in question. This means that the object constituted by those atoms does not cause anything, and if this is so, then the object does not exist. I submit that it is possible to resist the overdetermination argument by claiming that causation is strictly an event-event relation. However, the argument can be reformulated in a way that blocks this objection. I explain how the reformulated version of the argument can be resisted by claiming that there is only one causal event that is undergone by both the object and its atoms acting in concert. Additionally, I show how the epistemic argument that can be formulated in support of the overdetermination argument can be resisted as well.
Fil: Orensanz, Martín. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Zoonosis Parasitarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
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OVERDETERMINATION
ORDINARY OBJECTS
ELIMINATIVISM
CAUSATION
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spelling Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination ArgumentOrensanz, MartínOVERDETERMINATIONORDINARY OBJECTSELIMINATIVISMCAUSATIONhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6If an ordinary object causes an event, and if its atoms acting in concert cause the same event, then the event in question is overdetermined by two independent causes. The overdetermination argument aims to show that effects are never overdetermined in this way, and that we should only admit that the atoms acting in concert are the cause of the event in question. This means that the object constituted by those atoms does not cause anything, and if this is so, then the object does not exist. I submit that it is possible to resist the overdetermination argument by claiming that causation is strictly an event-event relation. However, the argument can be reformulated in a way that blocks this objection. I explain how the reformulated version of the argument can be resisted by claiming that there is only one causal event that is undergone by both the object and its atoms acting in concert. Additionally, I show how the epistemic argument that can be formulated in support of the overdetermination argument can be resisted as well.Fil: Orensanz, Martín. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Zoonosis Parasitarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; ArgentinaOpen Humanities Press2022-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/217955Orensanz, Martín; Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument; Open Humanities Press; Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy; 18; 2; 12-2022; 445-4561832-9101CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1046info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:43:53Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/217955instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:43:53.968CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument
title Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument
spellingShingle Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument
Orensanz, Martín
OVERDETERMINATION
ORDINARY OBJECTS
ELIMINATIVISM
CAUSATION
title_short Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument
title_full Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument
title_fullStr Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument
title_full_unstemmed Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument
title_sort Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Orensanz, Martín
author Orensanz, Martín
author_facet Orensanz, Martín
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv OVERDETERMINATION
ORDINARY OBJECTS
ELIMINATIVISM
CAUSATION
topic OVERDETERMINATION
ORDINARY OBJECTS
ELIMINATIVISM
CAUSATION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv If an ordinary object causes an event, and if its atoms acting in concert cause the same event, then the event in question is overdetermined by two independent causes. The overdetermination argument aims to show that effects are never overdetermined in this way, and that we should only admit that the atoms acting in concert are the cause of the event in question. This means that the object constituted by those atoms does not cause anything, and if this is so, then the object does not exist. I submit that it is possible to resist the overdetermination argument by claiming that causation is strictly an event-event relation. However, the argument can be reformulated in a way that blocks this objection. I explain how the reformulated version of the argument can be resisted by claiming that there is only one causal event that is undergone by both the object and its atoms acting in concert. Additionally, I show how the epistemic argument that can be formulated in support of the overdetermination argument can be resisted as well.
Fil: Orensanz, Martín. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Zoonosis Parasitarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
description If an ordinary object causes an event, and if its atoms acting in concert cause the same event, then the event in question is overdetermined by two independent causes. The overdetermination argument aims to show that effects are never overdetermined in this way, and that we should only admit that the atoms acting in concert are the cause of the event in question. This means that the object constituted by those atoms does not cause anything, and if this is so, then the object does not exist. I submit that it is possible to resist the overdetermination argument by claiming that causation is strictly an event-event relation. However, the argument can be reformulated in a way that blocks this objection. I explain how the reformulated version of the argument can be resisted by claiming that there is only one causal event that is undergone by both the object and its atoms acting in concert. Additionally, I show how the epistemic argument that can be formulated in support of the overdetermination argument can be resisted as well.
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Orensanz, Martín; Ordinary Objects and the Overdetermination Argument; Open Humanities Press; Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy; 18; 2; 12-2022; 445-456
1832-9101
CONICET Digital
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