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This volume presents a selection of the most influential recent discussions of the crucial metaphysical questions: what is it for one event to cause another? The subject of causation bears on many topics, such as time, explanation, mental states, the laws of nature, and the philosphy of science.

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Author:   Ernest Sosa (Romeo Elton Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Romeo Elton Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island) ,  Michael Tooley (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.323kg
ISBN:  

9780198750949

ISBN 10:   0198750943
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   25 March 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Causes and conditions, J.L. Mackie; defects of the necessary condition analysis of causation, Michael Scriven; causes and events - Mackie on causation, Jaegwon Kim; causal relations, Donald Davidson; causality and determination, G.E.M. Anscombe; on the logic and epistemology of the causal relation, G.H. von Wright; on the nature and observability of the causal relation, C.J. Ducasse; probabilistic causality, Wesley C. Salmon; causality - production and propagation, Wesley C. Salmon; causation - reductionism versus realism, Michael Tooley; causation, David Lewis; causes and counterfactuals, Jaegwon kim; Lewis's program, Paul Horwich; event causation - the counterfactual analysis, Jonathan Bennett; varieties of causation, Ernest Sosa.

Reviews

Excellent...One of the best anthologies on causation. --Joseph G. Moore, Amherst College<br> A very well-edited and carefully selected group of papers. They are important papers and we are fortunate to have this collection to assign to our students. --Irving M. Copi, University of Hawaii at Manoa<br> A brilliant collection which will define the field of study in causation for the next decade, maybe even longer. --Bernard Baumrin, City University of New York Graduate School<br>

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