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Fuzzy Empiricism and Fuzzy-Set Causality: What Is All the Fuzz About?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Jordi Cat
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Abstract

This paper examines a novel notion of causality, namely, fuzzy-set-theoretic causality. Over the last decade, a number of conceptual models of causality, in the language of fuzzy-set theory, have appeared in the scientific literature and have been applied to empirical research. They have circulated widely from one scientific discipline to another, weaving a unifying thread through them. However, they have received no philosophical attention. In this paper, I will discuss the value and limitations of this type of model and will read into its application several dimensions of philosophical significance.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 73 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 26 - 41
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