Weaver C.G. Causation in Physics

Cambridge University Press, 2025. — 94 p.Causation in Physics demonstrates the importance of causation in the physical world. It details why causal mastery of natural phenomena is an important part of the effective strategies of experimental physicists. It develops three novel arguments for the viewpoint that causation is indispensable to the ontology of some of our best physical theories. All three arguments make much of the successes of experimental physics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.An Introduction to a Debate
The Importance of Causation
The Landscape
Motivating Causal Eliminativism
Motivating Causal Reductionism
Motivating the No Causation Thesis
Conclusion
Causation in Experimental Physics: The Argument from Perception
Perception and X-Ray Physics
Perception and Experimental Particle Physics
The Argument from Perception
Causation and the Photoelectric Effect
The Photoelectric Effect
The Modern Interpretation
XPS and the Photoelectric Effect
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Bibliography
About the Author
Acknowledgement