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• Winner of Awarded the 2014 Sanders Book Prize.

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Paul and Hall skillfully organize and clarify salient problems inherent in recent deterministic accounts of causation in a clear and discerning exposition appealing to beginner and expert alike. Their account yields deep insight and understanding of a wide variety of problems in the investigation of causality. -L.C. Archie, Lander University, CHOICE

This engaging volume ... serves to promote a discussion about basic methodological principles that has ramifications for every philosophical discipline. This is a deep and important conversation, and Causation: A Users Guide provides a challenging and philosophically central test case. This is not a book just for students: it is an important methodological treatise in its own right Tim Maudlin, Philosophy of Science

This engaging volume ... serves to promote a discussion about basic methodological principles that has ramifications for every philosophical discipline. This is a deep and important conversation, and Causation: A Users Guide provides a challenging and philosophically central test case. This is not a book just for students: it is an important methodological treatise in its own right * Tim Maudlin, Philosophy of Science * ...a rich and sophisticated piece of philosophical work. No doubt its detailed analyses make a precious contribution to the fascinating philosophical debate on causation. * Max Kistler, Metascience *

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L. A. Paul is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has held positions at Yale University, the Australian National University, and the University of Arizona. Ned Hall is Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University.

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