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causal selection: a standalone construct

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Experimental philosophy

people's tendency to single out a norm-violating factor as the cause among several jointly necessary factors.

In experimental philosophy, causal selection refers to people's tendency to single out a norm-violating factor as the cause among several jointly necessary factors. This meaning comes from Hitchcock (2009) in Journal of Philosophy.[1]

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norm effect in causal judgment1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructcause3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructsexperimental philosophy1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

  1. Hitchcock, C., & Knobe, J. (2009). Cause and Norm. Journal of Philosophy, 106(11), 587-612. https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil20091061128

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