Causal Claims and Context of Assessment
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this paper, I discuss whether the truth of causal statements depends on factors from the context of assessment. I use MacFarlane's New Relativism and his discussion of taste statements and knowledge statements as a model and explain how to extend this to causal statements. I argue that causal statements can depend on assessor factors. My argument depends on examining one medical example in extensive detail, from the point of view of different speaker contexts and different assessor contexts.
Source: The Philosophical Forum
DOI: 10.1111/phil.12379
Author: Cei Maslen
Institution: Victoria University of Wellington
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4403732998