Channel: Wireless Philosophy

Category: Education

Tags: j l mackiewiphiduke universitykhan academywalter sinnott-armstrongvideophilosophyphilosophy of languageproblem of causationphilosophy of philosophymetaphilosophycontrastivismcausationsciencekenan institute for ethicscoursewireless philosophylecturemetaphysics

Description: In this Wireless Philosophy video, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke University) introduces a new approach to causation: contrastivism. At odds with traditional philosophical approaches to causation, contrastive causation holds that causal statements are true only relative to a set of relevant alternatives. Subscribe! bit.ly/1vz5fK9 More on Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: bit.ly/29Icrj9 ---- Wi-Phi @ YouTube: bit.ly/1PX0hLu Wi-Phi @ Khan Academy: bit.ly/1nQJcF7 Twitter: twitter.com/wirelessphi Facebook: on.fb.me/1XC2tx3 Instagram: @wiphiofficial ---- Help us caption & translate this video! amara.org/v/U8bD