Blockseminar on Causal Reasoning in Physics

The plan for the seminar is to read most of my recent book Causal Reasoning in Physics (CUP 2014), abbreviated as CRP below, together with secondary readings.

All reading materials, including the page proofs for my book manuscript are in a dropbox folder:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/21yh74fd12uvrcz/AACXjaGtlvncL5ubdC5szEUla?dl=0

Monday:  Secondary reading: Russell "On the Notion of Cause"

AM:     CRP: Introduction (ch.1)

PM:     Survey of philosophical theories of causation                  

Tuesday:  Secondary readings: Woodward, "Physics and the Human Face of Causation"; Field, "Causation in a Physical World"

AM:     CRP: The human face of causation (ch.3)

PM:     CRP: Causation and Intervention (ch. 4)

Wednesday:  Secondary readings: Norton "Causation as Folk Science"; Norton, "Is there an independent principle of causality in physics?"; Smith, "Causation in Classical Mechanics"

AM:     CRP: temporal asymmetry of causation (ch. 5)

PM:     CRP: linear response theory (ch. 6)

Thursday:  Secondary readings: Earman "Sharpening the Electromagnetic Arrow of Time"; Loewer, "Counterfactuals and the Second Law"; Price and Weslake

AM:     CRP: Radiation asymmetry

PM:     CRP: Entropy accounts of causation

Friday:  Secondary reading: Maudlin, "On the Passing of Time"

AM:     CRP: Conclusion

PM:     Symposium on Causal Reasoning in Physics (13h - 16:30h)