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The last chapter of the present work explores some philosophical topics and interweaves in it the topic of causality. First, I examine causality from a philosophical perspective and as discussed in some other disciplines. For example, the question of the relationship of bottom-up and top-down influences marks other fields as much as our own. Then, I discuss epistemology and present an integrated model that applies to developmental psychology. Indeed, this attitude of finding common ground applies to my work on causality, as well, for example, in my recent work on causality in the legal field. Discussion of philosophy in relation to psychology would not be complete without discussion of free will, though I keep the discussion basic and follow the lines of thought in Baumeister (2008). The next philosophical topic that I discuss concerns our sense of responsibility. I have developed the concept of “re-responsibilities” based on the work of Lévinas. This leads to a model of the development of both a sense of responsibility and a sense of free will according to the present stage model.
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Young, G. (2011). Book Conclusions. In: Development and Causality. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9422-6_35
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