118. Lauren Ross: Causation, mechanism, and explanation in neuroscience from BJKS Podcast

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118. Lauren Ross: Causation, mechanism, and explanation in neuroscience

1 hour 36 minutes Posted Sep 22, 2025 at 6:00 am.

: Why Lauren studied medicine 0:04:23: Differences between m...

Why Lauren studied medicine

Differences between medicine and philosophy

Why Lauren switched to philosophy of science

How to learn to write clearly

Are doctors practitioners of causality?

What's so difficult about causality?

Causal structures: mechanism, pathway, cascade, circuit.

The practical use of thinking about causal structures and varieties

What's the difference between a circuit and a pathway? And what are you trying to do?

Secondary features of causation/causal varieties: strength, stability, speed, specificity

A book or paper more people should read

Something Lauren wishes she'd learnt sooner

Advice for PhD students/postdocs

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Lauren Ross is a professor of logic and philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. We talk about her work on causation, mechanism, and explanation in neuroscience, Lauren's background in medicine, how to write clearly, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps

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