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Kim, Sungsu
- Korean Journal of Logic
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- v.18 no.2
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- pp.265-289
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- 2015
The idea that an effect counterfactually depends on its cause is simple and intuitive. However, this simple idea runs into various difficulties. The active route account, in order to avoid the difficulties, analyzes causation in terms of counterfactual dependence under certain control. In her recent article, Seahwa Kim criticizes Sungsu Kim's earlier attempt to defend the active route account from its counterexamples. Her criticisms are convincing, and defenders of the active route account or counterfactual analysis of causation in general need another defense. In response, a two-step defense is proposed. First, the scope of the active route account is restricted to 'proximate' causal relation. Second, a control over factors that are in proximate causal relation is offered to figure out 'distant' causal relation. The result is that with proper control, an effect indeed counterfactually depends on its cause.
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Chon, Won-Bae
- Korean Journal of Logic
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- v.10 no.1
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- pp.99-107
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- 2007
최근 김세화는 "프로슬로기온" 3장에 나오는 논증을 새롭게 해석하는 방안을 제시했다고 주장한다. 그에 따르면, 그가 제시한 논증 III 은 3장에 대한 기존의 해석과 다르며, 3장에 대한 또 다른 가능한 해석인 논증 IV보다도 더 낫다. 여기서 나는 논증 III은 기존의 해석과 견주어 볼 때 새롭다고 하기 어려우며, 나아가 그가 원하는 결론을 얻고자 한다면 도리어 논증 III보다 논증 IV를 택해야 함을 보인다.
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